Review Article

Ocular Manifestations of Ebola Virus Disease: An Ophthalmologist’s Guide to Prevent Infection and Panic

Table 1

Prevalence of individuals with high serum levels of IgG anti-Ebola virus (i.e., immune against EVD), who were not close contacts of EVD patients, during Ebola virus outbreaks.

First author, yearCountrySettingPrevalence

WHO, 1978a [2]SudanOverall6%

WHO, 1978b [3]ZaireOverall1%

Baron, 1983 [18]SudanVillage18%

Busico, 1999 [14]Democratic Republic of the CongoVillage2.2%

Gonzalez, 2000 [15]Central African RepublicVillage3.1–3.7%
Forest1.9–12.1%

Becquart, 2010 [16]GabonVillage2–7–12.4%
Forest18.4–21.2%

Nkoghe, 2011 [17]GabonOverall15.3%
Deep forest5.0–32.4%