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Comment
. 2015 May;15(5):507-8.
doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)70135-0. Epub 2015 Apr 19.

Ebola superspreading

Christian L Althaus  1
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Ebola superspreading

Christian L Althaus. Lancet Infect Dis. 2015 May.
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Distribution of the number of secondary cases and outbreak trajectories for Ebola virus disease (A) The histogram represents the observed frequencies in the number of secondary cases as given by the transmission trees in Faye and colleagues' study. The line and dots correspond to the fitted negative binomial distribution. (B) Each line represents one of 200 stochastic realisations of epidemic trajectories. Dots show when the outbreak becomes extinct. A detailed analysis is reported in the appendix. EVD=Ebola virus disease.
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