Ebola outbreak in west africa: real-time estimation and multiple-wave prediction

DOI10.3934/mbe.2015.12.1055zbMath1354.92094arXiv1503.06908OpenAlexW2963790120WikidataQ38973605 ScholiaQ38973605MaRDI QIDQ2351777

Xiang-Sheng Wang, Luoyi Zhong

Publication date: 26 June 2015

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.06908

zbMATH Keywords

basic reproduction numberinflection pointpeak timeEbola outbreak in West Africafinal outbreak size

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10)

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