title: Transmission dynamics and control of Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria, July to September 2014.
abstract: We analyse up-to-date epidemiological data of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Nigeria as of 1 October 2014 in order to estimate the case fatality rate, the proportion of healthcare workers infected and the transmission tree. We also model the impact of control interventions on the size of the epidemic. Results indicate that Nigeria’s quick and forceful implementation of control interventions was determinant in controlling the outbreak rapidly and avoiding a far worse scenario in this country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Production Animal Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
authors.forename: F O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Fasina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shittu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tomori
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Simonsen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Viboud
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chowell
mesh_terms: D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D015980:Public Health Practice; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D014195:Travel