Effectiveness of Ring Vaccination as Control Strategy for Ebola Virus Disease

Using an Ebola virus disease transmission model, we found that addition of ring vaccination at the outset of the West Africa epidemic might not have led to containment of this disease. However, in later stages of the epidemic or in outbreaks with less intense transmission or more effective control,...

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Main Authors: Adam J. Kucharski, Rosalind M. Eggo, Conall Watson, Anton Camacho, Sebastian Funk, W. John Edmunds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
EVD
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/1/15-1410_article