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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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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author Kucharski, Adam J.
Eggo, Rosalind M.
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spelling pubmed-46967192016-01-05 Effectiveness of Ring Vaccination as Control Strategy for Ebola Virus Disease Kucharski, Adam J. Eggo, Rosalind M. Watson, Conall H. Camacho, Anton Funk, Sebastian Edmunds, W. John Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4696719/ /pubmed/26691346 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2201.151410 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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