Phylodynamic assessment of intervention strategies for the West African Ebola virus outbreak

Simon Dellicour; Guy Baele; Gytis Dudas; Nuno R. Faria; Oliver G. Pybus; Marc A. Suchard; Andrew Rambaut; Philippe Lemey

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03763-2

Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Phylodynamic assessment of intervention strategies for the West African Ebola virus outbreak

Simon Dellicour,
Guy Baele,
Gytis Dudas,
Nuno R. Faria,
Oliver G. Pybus,
Marc A. Suchard,
Andrew Rambaut,
Philippe Lemey

Affiliations

Simon Dellicour: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven – University of Leuven
Guy Baele: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven – University of Leuven
Gytis Dudas: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Nuno R. Faria: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
Oliver G. Pybus: Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
Marc A. Suchard: Department of Biostatistics, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, University of California
Andrew Rambaut: Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings
Philippe Lemey: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven – University of Leuven

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03763-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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During the last Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, a large amount of viral genomic data was obtained. Here, Dellicour et al. use phylodynamic approaches to assess effect of intervention strategies such as border closures.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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