“This study gave us some real insight into how this outbreak was working, for example, we learned there is no significant difference among the different countries in the total numbers of male and female case patients,” says Dr Christopher Dye, Director of Strategy for WHO, and co-author of the study.
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“可能在某些社区存有差异，但当真正查阅所有混合数据时，我们发现真实情况几乎是男女参半”。
“There may be differences in some communities, but when we actually looked at all the data combined, we saw it was really almost split 50-50.”
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对数据进行广泛审查时还密切注视病死率
The extensive review of data also allowed for a closer look at case fatality rate
“Assessing the case fatality rate during this epidemic is complicated by incomplete information on the clinical outcomes of many cases, both detected and undetected,” says Dye.
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“这次分析发现，到9月14日时，共有70.8%的具有确定结局的病人已经死亡。
“This analysis shows that by 14 September, a total of 70.8% of patients with definitive outcomes have died.
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这一比率与几内亚、利比里亚和塞拉利昂的情况相符”。
This rate was consistent among Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.”
But the case fatality rate was lower when only hospitalized patients were considered, supporting evidence that getting patients to good, supportive health care quickly makes a difference.
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感染蔓延
Spread of infection
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数据审查还更加清晰的展示了蔓延状况。
The examination of the data also showed the spread more clearly.
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在去年十二月底，首位病例报告发生在几内亚的森林地区。
In late December, the first cases were reported in the forest areas of Guinea.