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| Title |
Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease (EVD): a review
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12916-014-0196-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gerardo Chowell, Hiroshi Nishiura |
| Abstract |
The complex and unprecedented Ebola epidemic ongoing in West Africa has highlighted the need to review the epidemiological characteristics of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) as well as our current understanding of the transmission dynamics and the effect of control interventions against Ebola transmission. Here we review key epidemiological data from past Ebola outbreaks and carry out a comparative review of mathematical models of the spread and control of Ebola in the context of past outbreaks and the ongoing epidemic in West Africa. We show that mathematical modeling offers useful insights into the risk of a major epidemic of EVD and the assessment of the impact of basic public health measures on disease spread. We also discuss the critical need to collect detailed epidemiological data in real-time during the course of an ongoing epidemic, carry out further studies to estimate the effectiveness of interventions during past outbreaks and the ongoing epidemic, and develop large-scale modeling studies to study the spread and control of viral hemorrhagic fevers in the context of the highly heterogeneous economic reality of African countries. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 53 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 19% |
| Spain | 2 | 4% |
| Macao | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Curaçao | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Argentina | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 23 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 35 | 66% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 6 | 11% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 11% |
| Scientists | 6 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 653 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| India | 2 | <1% |
| Ecuador | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | 1% |
| Unknown | 626 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 127 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 109 | 17% |
| Researcher | 88 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 80 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 47 | 7% |
| Other | 121 | 19% |
| Unknown | 81 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 163 | 25% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 109 | 17% |
| Mathematics | 43 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 34 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 34 | 5% |
| Other | 159 | 24% |
| Unknown | 111 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 87. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 September 2023.
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#496,798
of 25,756,911 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#375
of 4,086 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#5,021
of 269,195 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#10
of 88 outputs
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