Journal article
A comprehensive database of the geographic spread of past human Ebola outbreaks
A Mylne, OJ Brady, Z Huang, DM Pigott, N Golding, MUG Kraemer, SI Hay
Scientific Data | NATURE PORTFOLIO | Published : 2014
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Abstract
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 spr..
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Funding Acknowledgements
O.J.B. is funded by a BBSRC studentship. S.I.H. is funded by a Senior Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust (#095066) which also supports A.M. and a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (#OPP1093011). S.I.H. would also like to acknowledge funding support from the RAPIDD program of the Science & Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, and the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health. Z.H. is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (#OPP1106023). D.M.P. is funded by a Sir Richard Southwood Graduate Scholarship from the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford. N.G. is funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (#OPP1053338). M.U.G.K. is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) through a graduate scholarship. Funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.