The role of interconnectivity in control of an Ebola epidemic

摘要: Several West African countries - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea experienced significant morbidity mortality during the largest Ebola epidemic to date, from late 2013 through 2015. The extent of was fueled by outbreaks in large urban population centers as well movement pathogen between populations. During there no known vaccine or drug, so effective disease control required coordinated efforts that include both standard medical community practices such hospitalization, quarantine safe burials. Due high connectivity region, not only depended on internal strategies but also impacted neighboring countries. In this paper, we use a deterministic framework examine role two populations overall success designed minimize epidemics. We find it is possible for even small amounts intermixing positively impact an more global scale.