Modeling the effect of comprehensive interventions on Ebola virus transmission

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Shen, Mingwang ^a   Xiao, Yanni ^a   Rong, Libin ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIBERIA; PATHOGENICITY; SIERRA LEONE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SIERRA LEONE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84946118320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep15818     Document Type: Article

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