Network visualization for outbreak response: Mapping the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) chains of transmission in N'Zérékoré, Guinea

Journal of Infection

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 294-301

  Valencia, C ^a,b   Bah, H ^c   Fatoumata, B ^c   Rodier, G ^c   Diallo, B ^c   Kone M ^c   Giese, C ^a,d   Conde, L ^e   Malano, E ^f   Mollet, T ^g   Jansa, J ^g   Coulombier, D ^g   Sudre, B ^g  

^a ECDC   (Sweden)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^e Department of Health ^*  (Guinea)

^f Ministry of Health   (Guinea)

^g EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ebola virus disease (EVD); Guinea; Mapping; Network visualization; Outbreak; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURIAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GUINEA; HOSPITAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETWORK VISUALIZATION; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GENOME, VIRAL; GUINEA; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85007236775     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.09.012     Document Type: Article

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