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Table 1 Overview of different VHF suspect case definitions and clinical criteria

From: Period prevalence and identification challenges of viral haemorrhagic fever suspect cases in a tertiary referral hospital in Guinea: a cross-sectional, retrospective study of triage and emergency room patient profiles

Definition 1

Definition 2

Definition 3

Definition 4

VHF suspect case criteria of Guinean Health Ministry

WHO EVD suspect case criteria at HRNZ Triage

VHF suspect case criteria in clinical practice at HRNZ

VHF suspect case criteria used for post-hoc screening for study

Fever not responding to treatment

AND one or more of the following:

bloody diarrhea, gingival hemorrhage, purpura, conjunctival injection and hematuria

Three general symptoms and fever ≥37.5 °C or history of fever.

OR

any haemorrhagic sign a

Fever ≥38 °C

AND any haemorrhagic sign

Fever ≥38 °C

AND one or more of the following:

bloody diarrhea, gingival hemorrhage, purpura, conjunctival injection and hematuria

  1. aEpidemiological link and unexplained death not asked at Triage in non-outbreak setting