Emerging Infectious Diseases – August 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume 21, Number 8—August 2015
http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/

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Response Strategies against Meningitis Epidemics after Elimination of Serogroup A Meningococci, Niger PDF Version [PDF – 1.90 MB – 8 pages]
H. Maïnassara et al.
Summary
Surveillance and epidemic vaccine response would be most effective at the health area level.

Estimates of Outbreak Risk from New Introductions of Ebola with Immediate and Delayed Transmission Control PDF Version [PDF – 812 KB – 7 pages]
D. Toth et al.
Summary
Identifying incoming patients can have a larger risk-reduction effect than efforts to reduce transmissions from identified patients.

Transmission Models of Historical Ebola Outbreaks PDF Version [PDF – 724 KB – 4 pages]
J. M. Drake et al.