The velocity of Ebola spread in parts of west Africa

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1005-1007

  Zinszer, Kate ^a,b,c   Morrison, Kathryn ^c   Anema, Aranka ^a,b   Majumder, Maimuna S ^b,d   Brownstein, John S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; LIBERIA; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIERRA LEONE; WEST AFRICAN; AFRICA; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EPIDEMICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MAPS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84939809639     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00234-0     Document Type: Letter

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