The basic reproductive number of Ebola and the effects of public health measures: The cases of Congo and Uganda

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-126

  Chowell, G ^a,c   Hengartner, N W ^b   Castillo Chavez, C ^a,c   Fenimore, P W ^a   Hyman, J M ^b  

^a CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Congo; Ebola; Interventions; Outbreak; Reproductive number; Uganda

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UGANDA; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

CONGO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 2642573296     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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