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Title	Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease (EVD): a review
Published in	BMC Medicine, October 2014
DOI	10.1186/s12916-014-0196-0
Pubmed ID	25300956
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.

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Country	Count	As %
United States	10	23%
United Kingdom	6	14%
Spain	4	9%
Italy	2	5%
Argentina	1	2%
Ireland	1	2%
Macao	1	2%
France	1	2%
Canada	1	2%
Other	1	2%
Unknown	15	35%

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Members of the public	29	67%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	5	12%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	5	12%
Scientists	4	9%

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Country	Count	As %
United States	6	1%
Mexico	3	<1%
France	2	<1%
Spain	2	<1%
Australia	2	<1%
United Kingdom	2	<1%
India	2	<1%
Germany	1	<1%
Ghana	1	<1%
Other	8	1%
Unknown	532	95%

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Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Bachelor	115	20%
Student > Master	97	17%
Student > Ph. D. Student	78	14%
Researcher	76	14%
Student > Postgraduate	45	8%
Other	115	20%
Unknown	35	6%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Medicine and Dentistry	151	27%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	106	19%
Mathematics	42	7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	31	6%
Social Sciences	30	5%
Other	141	25%
Unknown	60	11%

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