Early transmission dynamics of Ebola virus disease (evd), West Africa, march to august 2014

H. Nishiura

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.36.20894

Early transmission dynamics of Ebola virus disease (evd), West Africa, march to august 2014

H. Nishiura

Human Evolution and Social Change, School of (SHESC)

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Abstract

The effective reproduction number, R_t, of Ebola virus disease was estimated using country-specific data reported from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to the World Health Organization from March to August, 2014. R_t for the three countries lies consistently above 1.0 since June 2014. Country-specific R_t for Liberia and Sierra Leone have lied between 1.0 and 2.0. R_t<2 indicate that control could be attained by preventing over half of the secondary transmissions per primary case.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	19
Issue number	36
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.36.20894
State	Published - Sep 11 2014

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Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Virology

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