Abstract
In an epidemic of a serious disease, there is likely to be behavioral response that decreases the epidemic size considerably, and taking this into account may lead to estimates of the final epidemic size that are much smaller and more realistic than estimates that do not take this into account.
Keywords:
Behavioral response; Epidemic models; Final size relations.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Basic Reproduction Number / statistics & numerical data
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Computer Simulation
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Disease Transmission, Infectious / statistics & numerical data
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Epidemics / statistics & numerical data*
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Guinea / epidemiology
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Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / epidemiology
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Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / transmission
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Humans
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Liberia / epidemiology
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Mathematical Concepts
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Models, Biological*
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Sierra Leone / epidemiology