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Unreported cases in the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic: Spatiotemporal variation, and implications for estimating transmission

Dalziel BD, Lau MSY, Tiffany A, McClelland A, Zelner J,  et al.
2018-01-22 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2018-01-22 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
In the recent 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, non-hospitalized cases were an important component of the chain of transmission. However, non-hospitalized cases are at increased r...
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Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Superspreading Events in the 2014-2015 West Africa Ebola Epidemic

Lau MSY, Dalziel BD, Funk S, McClelland A, Tiffany A,  et al.
2017-02-13 • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2017-02-13 • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The unprecedented scale of the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa (2014-2015) has prompted an explosion of efforts to understand the transmission dynamics of the virus and to analyze the p...
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Estimating the number of secondary Ebola cases resulting from an unsafe burial and risk factors for transmission during the West Africa Ebola epidemic

Tiffany A, Dalziel BD, Kagume Njenge H, Johnson G, Nugba Ballah R,  et al.
2017-06-22 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2017-06-22 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
Safely burying Ebola infected individuals is acknowledged to be important for controlling Ebola epidemics and was a major component of the 2013-2016 West Africa Ebola resp...
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People-centred surveillance: a narrative review of community-based surveillance among crisis-affected populations

Ratnayake R, Tammaro M, Tiffany A, Kongelf A, Polonsky JA,  et al.
2020-10-04 • Lancet Planetary health
2020-10-04 • Lancet Planetary health
Outbreaks of disease in settings affected by crises grow rapidly due to late detection and weakened public health systems. Where surveillance is underfunctioning, community-based surveil...