Characterizing the Transmission Dynamics and Control of Ebola Virus Disease

• Published in: PLoS biology Vol. 13; no. 1; p. e1002057
• Main Authors: Chowell, Gerardo, Nishiura, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.01.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Control; Disease transmission; Ebola virus; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Health Services Needs and Demand; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology; Hospitalization; Humans; Infection control; Primer; Statistics; Liberia

Carefully calibrated transmission models have the potential to guide public health officials on the nature and scale of the interventions required to control epidemics. In the context of the ongoing Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in Liberia, Drake and colleagues, in this issue of PLOS Biology, e...