title: Understanding ebola virus transmission.
abstract: An unprecedented number of Ebola virus infections among healthcare workers and patients have raised questions about our understanding of Ebola virus transmission. Here, we explore different routes of Ebola virus transmission between people, summarizing the known epidemiological and experimental data. From this data, we expose important gaps in Ebola virus research pertinent to outbreak situations. We further propose experiments and methods of data collection that will enable scientists to fill these voids in our knowledge about the transmission of Ebola virus.
authors: Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA. sethdjudson@gmail.com.
authors: Seth
authors: S
authors: Judson
authors: Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA. prescottjb@niaid.nih.gov.
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Prescott
authors: Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA. munstervj@niaid.nih.gov.
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: Munster
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000502:physiology*; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans
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