Spatiotemporal Analysis of the 2014 Ebola Epidemic in West Africa

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Backer, Jantien A ^a   Wallinga, Jacco ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; VIRUSES;

ANALYSIS METHOD; LOCAL MODEL; REPRODUCTION NUMBERS; SIERRA LEONE; SPATIAL DISPERSION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME VARYING; WEST AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EFFECTIVE REPRODUCTION NUMBER; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUINEA; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LIBERIA; MIGRATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIERRA LEONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AFRICA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA, WESTERN; EPIDEMICS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85007524932     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005210     Document Type: Article

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