Self-reported demographics, days before seeking treatment at an Ebola ward, and contact histories of 26 patients with laboratory-confirmed Ebola haemorrhagic fever, Bundibugyo District, Uganda (November 2007–February 2008).

NB:*Results significant at p1Except age, where brackets include the range.2OR calculates odds ratio for fatal outcome and 95% confidence intervals, comparing exposed to reference (baseline or OR = 1) patients, using exact methods and Fisher's exact p-values for small sample sizes (confounders have not been adjusted for due to small cell sizes).3Patient's villages were all located within a one-hour walk of Bundibugyo or Kikyo towns.