Rapid drop in the reproduction number during the Ebola outbreak in the democratic Republic of Congo

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Volumn 2015, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Althaus, Christian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Democratic republic of congo; Ebola virus disease; Mathematical model; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION;

EID: 84949669046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1418     Document Type: Article

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