Expert reaction to paper mapping Ebola outbreaks
26 September 2014 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine https://lshtm.ac.uk/themes/custom/lshtm/images/lshtm-logo-black.pngExpert reaction to a paper by researchers at University of Oxford, published in eLife, mapping areas where future Ebola outbreaks could potentially occur based on the population of animals that host the virus, and could transmit Ebola to humans.
Dr Sebastian Funk, Lecturer in Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said:
"The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has caught health systems by surprise. In the future, it will be important to have a better idea in advance of where outbreaks might occur. This study makes an important contribution by mapping out areas at risk, but more investigation of the animal reservoirs will be needed to fully understand the ecology of Ebola virus."
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