Dynamics and control of Ebola virus transmission in Montserrado, Liberia: A mathematical modelling analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1189-1195

  Lewnard, Joseph A ^a   Ndeffo Mbah, Martial L ^a   Alfaro Murillo, Jorge A ^a   Altice, Frederick L ^a,b   Bawo, Luke ^c   Nyenswah, Tolbert G ^c   Galvani, Alison P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Liberia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLA VIRUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIBERIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LIBERIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84920870980     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70995-8     Document Type: Article

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