Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease (EVD): a review

• Published in: BMC medicine Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 196
• Main Authors: Chowell, Gerardo, Nishiura, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 10.10.2014; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Africa, Western - epidemiology; Analysis; Development and progression; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control; Ebola virus; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - prevention & control; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - transmission; Humans; Models, Theoretical; Monkeys & apes; Review; Vaccines; Africa, Western; Liberia; Sierra Leone; Zaire; West Africa; Africa

The complex and unprecedented Ebola epidemic ongoing in West Africa has highlighted the need to review the epidemiological characteristics of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) as well as our current understanding of the transmission dynamics and the effect of control interventions against Ebola transmission...