Characterizing Ebola Transmission Patterns Based on Internet News Reports

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 24-31

  Cleaton, Julie M ^a,b   Viboud, Cecile ^c   Simonsen, Lone ^c,d,e   Hurtado, Ana M ^b   Chowell, Gerardo ^a,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola; funeral transmission.; hospital transmission; transmission patterns; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GUINEA; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIBERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIERRA LEONE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST AFRICAN; BURIAL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS MEDIUM; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

BURIAL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84954357754     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ748     Document Type: Article

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