Assessment of the potential for international dissemination of Ebola virus via commercial air travel during the 2014 west African outbreak

The WHO declared the 2014 west African Ebola epidemic a public health emergency of international concern in view of its potential for further international spread. Decision makers worldwide are in need of empirical data to inform and implement emergency response measures. Our aim was to assess the p...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 385; no. 9962; pp. 29 - 35
Main Authors:	Bogoch, Isaac I, Creatore, Maria I, Cetron, Martin S, Brownstein, John S, Pesik, Nicki, Miniota, Jennifer, Tam, Theresa, Hu, Wei, Nicolucci, Adriano, Ahmed, Saad, Yoon, James W, Berry, Isha, Hay, Simon I, Anema, Aranka, Tatem, Andrew J, MacFadden, Derek, German, Matthew, Khan, Kamran
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 03.01.2015 Elsevier Limited Lancet Publishing Group
Subjects:	Air transportation Air travel Air Travel - statistics & numerical data Aircraft Airlines Airports Decision making Disease Outbreaks Ebola virus Ebolavirus - pathogenicity Emergency preparedness Epidemics Guinea - epidemiology Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - epidemiology Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola - transmission Humans Internal Medicine Liberia - epidemiology Mass Screening - standards Models, Statistical Public Health Risk Factors Sierra Leone - epidemiology Travel Liberia Guinea Sierra Leone Nigeria Africa
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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