Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria, July to September 2014

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dc.contributor.author Fasina, Folorunso Oludayo
dc.contributor.author Shittu, Aminu
dc.contributor.author Lazarus, David Dazhia
dc.contributor.author Tomori, O.
dc.contributor.author Simonsen, L.
dc.contributor.author Viboud, C.
dc.contributor.author Chowell, G.
dc.date.accessioned 2014-12-01T08:37:10Z
dc.date.available 2014-12-01T08:37:10Z
dc.date.issued 2014-10-09
dc.description.abstract We analyse up-to-date epidemiological data of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria as of 1 October 2014 in order to estimate the case fatality rate, the proportion of healthcare workers infected and the transmission tree. We also model the impact of control interventions on the size of the epidemic. Results indicate that Nigeria’s quick and forceful implementation of control interventions was determinant in controlling the outbreak rapidly and avoiding a far worse scenario in this country. en_US
dc.description.librarian am2014 en_US
dc.description.sponsorship The Lundbeck Foundation and the Research And Policy for Infectious Disease Dynamics program (RAPIDD) of the United States Department of Homeland Security for sponsorship of LS. CV and GC acknowledge the financial support from the Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, The Fogarty International Center, United States National Institutes of Health, funded in part by the Office of Pandemics and Emerging Threats at the United States Department of Health and Human Services. GC also acknowledges support from grant NSF grant 1414374 as part of the joint NSF-NIH-USDA Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases programme, United Kingdom Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council grant BB/M008894/1 and grant number 1318788. III: Small: Data Management for Real-Time Data Driven Epidemic simulation. en_US
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dc.identifier.citation Fasina FO, Shittu A, Lazarus D, Tomori O, Simonsen L, Viboud C & Chowell G 2014, 'Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria, July to September 2014', Eurosurveillance, vol. 19, no. 40, pp. 1-7. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1025-496X (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1560-7917 (online)
dc.identifier.other H-9699-2013
dc.identifier.other 16416667800
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42723
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control en_US
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dc.rights European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control en_US
dc.subject Ebola virus disease (EVD) en_US
dc.subject Diseases en_US
dc.subject Nigeria en_US
dc.subject Healthcare workers (HCWs) en_US
dc.subject Transmission tree en_US
dc.title Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria, July to September 2014 en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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