Abstract
Letter to the editor: Early transmission dynamics of Ebola virus disease (EVD), West Africa, March to August 2014 – Eurosurveillance 17 September 2014
Highlights
To the editor: In their article Early transmission dynamics of Ebola virus disease (EVD), West Africa, March to August 2014, published on 11 September, Nishiura and Chowell estimated the effective reproductive number Rt for the mainly affected countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, to be consistently above 1 since June 2014, indicating that the outbreak is not yet under control [1]
The study of the epidemic curves based on data retrieved by week and district of reporting, from the situational reports of the Ministry of Health of Liberia [2] shows very different patterns contributing to the overall observed dynamic at national level
The districts of Bomi, Bong, Grand Cape Mount, Margibi and Nimba experienced a relatively stable number of weekly cases, while the districts of Lofa and Grand Bassa reported an increase in the number of cases up to weeks 33 and 35, respectively, followed by a decrease in subsequent weeks
Summary
To the editor: In their article Early transmission dynamics of Ebola virus disease (EVD), West Africa, March to August 2014, published on 11 September, Nishiura and Chowell estimated the effective reproductive number Rt for the mainly affected countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, to be consistently above 1 since June 2014, indicating that the outbreak is not yet under control [1]. The study of the epidemic curves based on data retrieved by week and district of reporting, from the situational reports of the Ministry of Health of Liberia [2] shows very different patterns contributing to the overall observed dynamic at national level.
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