Rigorous surveillance is necessary for high confidence in end-of-outbreak declarations for Ebola and other infectious diseases

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 374, Issue 1776, 2019, Pages

  Thompson, Robin N ^a,b   Morgan, Oliver W ^c   Jalava, Katri ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRIST CHURCH   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ebola virus disease; End of outbreak declarations; Outbreak forecasting; Surveillance; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DETECTION METHOD; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; FORECASTING METHOD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POPULATION OUTBREAK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; EBOLA VIRUS;

EID: 85065386737     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0431     Document Type: Article

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