Regional Spread of Ebola Virus, West Africa, 2014

Rainisch, Gabriel; Shankar, Manjunath; Wellman, Michael; Merlin, Toby L.; Meltzer, Martin I.

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Regional Spread of Ebola Virus, West Africa, 2014

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By Rainisch, Gabriel ; Shankar, Manjunath ; Wellman, Michael ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Rainisch, Gabriel ; Shankar, Manjunath ; Wellman, Michael ; Merlin, Toby L. ; Meltzer, Martin I.
Description:

To explain the spread of the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and thus help with response planning, we analyzed publicly available data. We found that the risk for infection in an area can be predicted by case counts, population data, and distances between affected and nonaffected areas.
Subjects:

Ebolavirus Geography, Medical Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Humans Models, Statistical Population Surveillance Risk
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 21(3):444-447.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Africa, Western
Volume:

21
Issue:

3
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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