A model of the 2014 ebola epidemic in West Africa with contact tracing

PLoS Currents

Volumn 7, Issue OUTBREAKS, 2015, Pages

  Webb, Glenn ^a   Browne, Cameron ^a   Huo, Xi ^b   Seydi, Ousmane ^c   Seydi, Moussa ^d   Magal, Pierre ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Third World Forum Dakar   (Senegal)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Ebola

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIBERIA; NONHUMAN; SIERRA LEONE; SIMULATION;

EID: 84952944728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.846b2a31ef37018b7d1126a9c8adf22a     Document Type: Article

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