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ArticlemedRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2023

Human movement and transmission dynamics early in Ebola outbreaks.

Alexandria Gonzalez, Behnam Nikparvar, M Jeremiah Matson, Stephanie N Seifert, Heather D Ross, Vincent Munster, Nita Bharti

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Article in medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Alexandria GonzalezBiology Department and Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
Behnam NikparvarBiology Department and Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
M Jeremiah MatsonUniversity of Utah Health, Department of Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
Stephanie N SeifertPaul G. Allen School for Global Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164 USA.
Heather D RossDonald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information, Penn State University Libraries, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
Vincent MunsterDivision of Intramural Research, Laboratory of Virology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, 59840 USA.
Nita BhartiBiology Department and Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1940-7794

Funding

Virus Ecology UnitZIAAI001179 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI MUNSTER, VINCENT · 2013 to 2025
$24.3M
Measuring human behavior and ecological dimensions of pathogen transmission for outbreak control and preventionR01TW012434 · FIC · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI BHARTI, NITA, ROBINSON, ANTHONY CHRISTIAN · 2022 to 2025
$1.9M
FIC NIH HHS R01 TW012434Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI001179
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human movement drives the transmission and spread of communicable pathogens. It is especially influential for emerging pathogens when population immunity is low and spillover events are rare. We digitized serial printed maps to measure transportation networks (roads and rivers) in Central and West Africa as proxies for population mobility to assess relationships between movement and Ebola transmission. We find that the lengths of roads and rivers in close proximity to spillover sites at or near the time of spillover events are significantly correlated with the number of EVD cases, particularly in the first 100 days of each outbreak. Early management and containment efforts along transportation networks may be beneficial in mitigation during the early days of transmission and spatial spread for Ebola outbreaks.

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Biological, Health, and Medical SciencesEbolaMovementPathogen TransmissionPublic Health and EpidemiologyRoadsSpillovers

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PMID38196653
PMCPMC10775320

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