Ebola control: Effect of asymptomatic infection and acquired immunity

The Lancet

Volumn 384, Issue 9953, 2014, Pages 1499-1500

  Bellan, Steve E ^a   Pulliam, Juliet R C ^b,c   Dushoff, Jonathan ^d   Meyers, Lauren Ancel ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE CONTROL; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; LIBERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REINFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA;

EID: 84908261776     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61839-0     Document Type: Letter

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