Mylne, A, Brady, OJ, Huang, Z, Pigott, DM, Golding, N, Kraemer, MU and Hay, SI. 2014. A comprehensive database of the geographic spread of past human Ebola outbreaks. [Online]. Figshare. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1168886
Mylne, A, Brady, OJ, Huang, Z, Pigott, DM, Golding, N, Kraemer, MU and Hay, SI. A comprehensive database of the geographic spread of past human Ebola outbreaks [Internet]. Figshare; 2014. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1168886
Mylne, A, Brady, OJ, Huang, Z, Pigott, DM, Golding, N, Kraemer, MU and Hay, SI (2014). A comprehensive database of the geographic spread of past human Ebola outbreaks. [Data Collection]. Figshare. https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1168886
Description
Ebola is a zoonotic filovirus that has the potential to cause outbreaks of variable magnitude in human populations. This database collates our existing knowledge of all known human outbreaks of Ebola for the first time by extracting details of their suspected zoonotic origin and subsequent human-to-human spread from a range of published and non-published sources. In total, 22 unique Ebola outbreaks were identified, composed of 117 unique geographic transmission clusters. Details of the index case and geographic spread of secondary and imported cases were recorded as well as summaries of patient numbers and case fatality rates. A brief text summary describing suspected routes and means of spread for each outbreak was also included. While we cannot yet include the ongoing Guinea and DRC outbreaks until they are over, these data and compiled maps can be used to gain an improved understanding of the initial spread of past Ebola outbreaks and help evaluate surveillance and control guidelines for limiting the spread of future epidemics
Data capture method | Aggregation |
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Date (Date published in a 3rd party system) | 20 October 2014 |
Language(s) of written materials | English |
Data Creators | Mylne, A, Brady, OJ, Huang, Z, Pigott, DM, Golding, N, Kraemer, MU and Hay, SI |
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LSHTM Faculty/Department | Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology |
Participating Institutions | University of Oxford, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fogarty International Center |
Date Deposited | 23 Jun 2016 09:08 |
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Last Modified | 09 Jul 2021 11:22 |
Publisher | Figshare |