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Table 3 Summary of studies included in a systematic review and meta-analysis describing sero-prevalence of Ebola virus from literature

From: How severe and prevalent are Ebola and Marburg viruses? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the case fatality rates and seroprevalence

Author and Year of Publication

Sample size

Seropositive

Country

Van der Groen and Pattyn 1979 [96]

251

43

DRC

Saluzzo, Gonzalez et al. 1980 [97]

499

17

CAR

Bouree & Bergmann, 1983 [55]

1517

147

Cameroon

Johnson et al., 1983 [56]

741

8

Kenya

Van der Waals, Pomeroy et al. 1986 [57]

225

30

Liberia

Meunier et al., 1987 [58]

1528

319

CAR

Paix et al., 1988 [59]

375

4

Cameroon

Tomori, Fabiyi et al. 1988 [60]

1,677

30

Nigeria

Gonzalez et al., 1989 [72]

5070

629

Central Africa

Mathiot, Fontenille et al. 1989 [61]

381

17

Madagascar

Johnson, Gonzalez et al.1993a [63]

427

75

CAR

Johnson, Gonzalez et al. 1993b [64]

4295

914

CAR

Busico et al., 1999 [66]

575

24

DRC

Nakounne, Selekon et al. 2000 [67]

1762

104

CAR

Heffernan et al., 2005 [69]

979

14

Gabon

Allela et al., 2005 [68]

439

64

Gabon

Lahm, Kombila et al. 2007 [70]

1147

14

Gabon

Becquart et al., 2010 [12]

4349

665

DRC

Heymann et al., 1980 [8]

1096

79

DRC

Burke et al., 1978 [28]

984

38

DRC

Baron et al., 1983 [29]

106

23

Sudan

Georges et al., 1999 [31]

441

58

Gabon

Becker, Feldmann et al. 1992 [62]

1288

11

Germany

Gonzalez, Nakoune et al. 2000 [14]

1331

71

CAR

Bertherat, Renaut et al. 1999 [65]

236

24

Gabon

Nkoghe, Padilla et al. 2011 [13]

4349

667

DRC

  1. DRC Democratic Republic of Congo, ROC Republic of Congo, CAR Central African Republic