2014 ebola outbreak: Media events track changes in observed reproductive number

PLoS Currents

Volumn 7, Issue OUTBREAKS, 2015, Pages

  Majumder, Maimuna S ^a   Kluberg, Sheryl ^b   Santillana, Mauricio ^c   Mekaru, Sumiko ^b   Brownstein, John S ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; Interventions; Liberia; Media; Reproductive number; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LIBERIA; MASS MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; SIERRA LEONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84954314983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21573999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.e6659013c1d7f11bdab6a20705d1e865     Document Type: Article

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