Modeling spatial invasion of Ebola in West Africa

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 428, Issue , 2017, Pages 65-75

  D'Silva, Jeremy P ^a   Eisenberg, Marisa C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebola virus disease; Gravity model; Interventions; Spatial modeling; Transmission modeling

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIBERIA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIERRA LEONE; AFRICA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EBOLAVIRUS; GEOGRAPHY; MARKOV CHAIN; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

GUINEA; LIBERIA [WEST AFRICA]; SIERRA LEONE;

EBOLA VIRUS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EBOLAVIRUS; GEOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 85021177206     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.05.034     Document Type: Article

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