Transmission dynamics and control of ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria, July to september 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 40, 2014, Pages

  Fasina, F O ^a   Shittu, A ^b   Lazarus, D ^c   Tomori, O ^d   Simonsen, L ^e,f   Viboud, C ^f   Chowell, G ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEATH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NIGERIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLA VIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL;

CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NIGERIA; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRAVEL;

EID: 84908032033     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.40.20920     Document Type: Article

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