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Effectiveness of Ring Vaccination as Control Strategy for Ebola Virus Disease |
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| Authors: | Adam J. Kucharski Rosalind M. Eggo Conall H. Watson Anton Camacho Sebastian Funk W. John Edmunds |
| Affiliation: | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | Ebola virus disease EVD Ebola virus viruses ring vaccination vaccination transmission chains mathematical model Guinea West Africa |