2015
Harnessing Case Isolation and Ring Vaccination to Control Ebola
Wells C, Yamin D, Ndeffo-Mbah ML, Wenzel N, Gaffney SG, Townsend JP, Meyers LA, Fallah M, Nyenswah TG, Altice FL, Atkins KE, Galvani AP. Harnessing Case Isolation and Ring Vaccination to Control Ebola. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2015, 9: e0003794. PMID: 26024528, PMCID: PMC4449200, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003794.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRing vaccinationCase isolationContact tracingLimited initial supplyPost-exposure protectionMass vaccination campaignNon-pharmaceutical control measuresPublic health agenciesCandidate vaccinesVaccination campaignVaccinationCase contactsEbola casesEbola transmissionHealth agenciesIncidence dataLow efficacyVaccineEbola outbreakEffective alternativeMore contactEbolaSierra LeoneBeneficial supplementControl measures
2014
Epidemiological and Viral Genomic Sequence Analysis of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Reveals Clustered Transmission
Scarpino SV, Iamarino A, Wells C, Yamin D, Ndeffo-Mbah M, Wenzel NS, Fox SJ, Nyenswah T, Altice FL, Galvani AP, Meyers LA, Townsend JP. Epidemiological and Viral Genomic Sequence Analysis of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Reveals Clustered Transmission. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2014, 60: 1079-1082. PMID: 25516185, PMCID: PMC4375398, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu1131.Peer-Reviewed Original Research