title: Assessing the impact of travel restrictions on international spread of the 2014 West African Ebola epidemic.
abstract: The quick spread of an Ebola outbreak in West Africa has led a number of countries and airline companies to issue travel bans to the affected areas. Considering data up to 31 Aug 2014, we assess the impact of the resulting traffic reductions with detailed numerical simulations of the international spread of the epidemic. Traffic reductions are shown to delay by only a few weeks the risk that the outbreak extends to new countries.
authors.affiliation: INSERM, UMR-S 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poletto
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pastore y Piontti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bioglio
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Longini
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Halloran
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Colizza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vespignani
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western / Q000453:epidemiology; D000401:Aircraft; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D014943:Global Health; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D014195:Travel