Epidemiological features and trends of Ebola virus disease in West Africa

Ligui Wang; Guang Yang; Leili Jia; Zhenjun Li; Jing Xie; Peng Li; Shaofu Qiu; Rongzhang Hao; Zhihao Wu; Hui Ma; Hongbin Song

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2015.07.017

Epidemiological features and trends of Ebola virus disease in West Africa

Int J Infect Dis. 2015 Sep:38:52-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.07.017. Epub 2015 Jul 26.

Authors

Ligui Wang¹, Guang Yang¹, Leili Jia¹, Zhenjun Li², Jing Xie¹, Peng Li¹, Shaofu Qiu¹, Rongzhang Hao¹, Zhihao Wu¹, Hui Ma³, Hongbin Song⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Science, 20 Dong-Da-Jie Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China.
² State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Chang Ping District, Beijing, China.
³ The Health Department of the General Logistics Department, PLA, No. 22, Fuxing Rd, Haidian District, Beijing 100842, China. Electronic address: mahui-28@163.com.
⁴ Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Science, 20 Dong-Da-Jie Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, China. Electronic address: hongbinsong@263.net.

PMID: 26216765
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.07.017

Abstract

According to a World Health Organization report, the epidemiological features of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have changed significantly in West Africa. In this study, the new epidemiological features and prevalence trends for EVD in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone are described. It was predicted that the Ebola outbreak would end in June 2015.

Keywords: Ebola virus disease; Epidemiological features; Prevalence trends.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Africa, Western / epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology*
Humans
Prevalence