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Epidemiological and viral genomic sequence analysis of the 2014 ebola outbreak reveals clustered transmission.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Apr 2015
Scarpino Samuel V, Iamarino Atila, Wells Chad, Yamin Dan, Ndeffo-Mbah Martial, Wenzel Natasha S, Fox Spencer J, Nyenswah Tolbert, Altice Frederick L, Galvani Alison P, Meyers Lauren Ancel, Townsend Jeffrey P
Abstract excerpt
Using Ebolavirus genomic and epidemiological data, we conducted the first joint analysis in which both data types were used to fit dynamic transmission models for an ongoing outbreak. Our results indicate that transmission is clustered, highlighting a potential bias in medical demand forecasts, a...
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