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The ongoing Ebola virus disease epidemic (August 2018─October 2019) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been exacerbated by deliberate attacks on healthcare workers despite vaccination efforts. Using a mathematical/statistical modelling framework, we present the quantified effective reproduction number ( at national and regional levels as at 29 September. The weekly trend in displays fluctuations while our recent national-level falls slightly above 1.0 with substantial uncertainty, which suggests improvements in epidemic control.

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Spatial variability in the reproduction number of Ebola virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, January–September 2019
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Kenji+Mizumoto&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mizumoto Kenji</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Amna+Tariq&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tariq Amna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Kimberlyn+Roosa&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Roosa Kimberlyn</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jun+Kong&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Kong Jun</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ping+Yan&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Yan Ping</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gerardo+Chowell&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Chowell Gerardo</a></span>. Spatial variability in the reproduction number of Ebola virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, January–September 2019. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2019;24(42):pii=1900588. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.42.1900588" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.42.1900588</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 22 Sept 2019;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 17 Oct 2019 </span> </p>
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