Estimating the basic reproductive ratio for the Ebola outbreak in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Khan, Adnan ^a   Naveed, Mahim ^b   Dur e Ahmad, Muhammad ^c   Imran, Mudassar ^d  

^a LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d GULF UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Basic reproductive ratio; Ebola virus disease; Epidemiology; Transmission model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIBERIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SIERRA LEONE; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION;

EID: 85006208450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-015-0043-3     Document Type: Article

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