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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Autores principales: Kucharski, Adam J., Eggo, Rosalind M., Watson, Conall H., Camacho, Anton, Funk, Sebastian, Edmunds, W. John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4696719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26691346
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2201.151410
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Sumario: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, this strategy could help eliminate the disease.

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