Predicting the combined effects of case isolation, safe funeral practices, and contact tracing during Ebola virus disease outbreaks.
<h4>Background</h4>The recent outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Uganda and the Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Ghana reflect a persisting threat of Filoviridae to the global health community. Characteristic of Filoviridae are not just their high case fatality rates, but also that...
Main Authors: | Aliou Bouba, Kristina Barbara Helle, Kristan Alexander Schneider |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2023-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276351 |
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