ebola.kikwit.1995: Ebola in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995
Description
These data comprise of new cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Kikwit,
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Usage
ebola.kikwit.1995
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 192 rows and 4 columns
The data on daily cases reported by Khan et al. (1999) cover the period 1995-03-01 to 1995-07-16,
over which time there were 291 cases and 236 deaths. The first case became ill on
1995-01-06, which is taken as the first timepoint in this version of the data. Over the entire period,
there were 316 cases i.e. the onset times are not reported for 24 individuals, and the recovery times
for the individuals who did not die are not reported.
Source
Khan et al. (1999)
References
A.S. Khan, et al. 1999. The reemergence of Ebola hemorrhagic fever,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1995. J Infect Dis 179:S76-S86.