A review of epidemiological parameters from Ebola outbreaks to inform early public health decision-making

Scientific Data

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Van Kerkhove, Maria D ^a,b   Bento, Ana I ^a   Mills, Harriet L ^a   Ferguson, Neil M ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CENTRAL AFRICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, WESTERN; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84949974839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20524463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2015.19     Document Type: Review

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