Estimates of outbreak risk from new introductions of ebola with immediate and delayed transmission control

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1402-1408

  Toth, Damon J A ^a,b   Gundlapalli, Adi V ^a,b   Khader, Karim ^a,b   Pettey, Warren B P ^a,b   Rubin, Michael A ^a,b   Adler, Frederick R ^a   Samore, Matthew H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84937429812     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2108.150170     Document Type: Article

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