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标题：Ebola virus disease outbreak in Korea: use of a mathematical model and stochastic simulation to estimate risk
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作者：Youngsuk Ko ; Seok-Min Lee ; Soyoung Kim 等
期刊名称：Epidemiology and Health
印刷版ISSN：2092-7193
出版年度：2019
卷号：41
页码：1-7
DOI：10.4178/epih.e2019048
出版社：Taehan P'ibu Kwahakhoe
摘要：OBJECTIVES According to the World Health Organization, there have been frequent reports of Ebola virus disease (EVD) since the 2014 EVD pandemic in West Africa. We aim to estimate the outbreak scale when an EVD infected person arrives in Korea. METHODS Western Africa EVD epidemic mathematical model SEIJR or SEIJQR was modified to create a Korean EVD outbreak model. The expected number of EVD patients and outbreak duration were calculated by stochastic simulation under the scenarios of Best case, Diagnosis delay, and Case missing. RESULTS The 2,000 trials of stochastic simulation for each scenario demonstrated the following results: The possible median number of patients is 2 and the estimated maximum number is 11 when the government intervention is proceeded immediately right after the first EVD case is confirmed. With a 6-day delay in diagnosis of the first case, the median number of patients becomes 7, and the maximum, 20. If the first case is missed and the government intervention is not activated until 2 cases of secondary infection occur, the median number of patients is estimated at 15, and the maximum, at 35. CONCLUSIONS Timely and rigorous diagnosis is important to reduce the spreading scale of infection when a new communicable disease is inflowed into Korea. Moreover, it is imperative to strengthen the local surveillance system and diagnostic protocols to avoid missing cases of secondary infection.
关键词：Ebolavirus; Theoretical models; Disease outbreaks; Stochastic processes; Republic of Korea