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Abstract

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing unprecedented levels of insecurity and violence. We evaluate the likely impact in terms of added transmissibility and cases of major security incidents in the Butembo coordination hub. We also show that despite this additional burden, an adapted response strategy involving enlarged ring vaccination around clusters of cases and enhanced community engagement managed to bring this main hotspot under control.

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2020-01-16
2024-12-31
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The cost of insecurity: from flare-up to control of a major Ebola virus disease hotspot during the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2019
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Thibaut+Jombart&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jombart Thibaut</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Christopher+I+Jarvis&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Jarvis Christopher I</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Samuel+Mesfin&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mesfin Samuel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Nabil+Tabal&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tabal Nabil</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Mathias+Mossoko&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mossoko Mathias</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Luigino+Minikulu+Mpia&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Mpia Luigino Minikulu</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Aaron+Aruna+Abedi&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Abedi Aaron Aruna</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Sonia+Chene&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Chene Sonia</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ekokobe+Elias+Forbin&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Forbin Ekokobe Elias</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Marie+Roseline+D+Belizaire&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Belizaire Marie Roseline D</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Xavier+de+Radigu%C3%A8s&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">de Radiguès Xavier</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Richy+Ngombo&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ngombo Richy</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Yannick+Tutu&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Tutu Yannick</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Flavio+Finger&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Finger Flavio</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Madeleine+Crowe&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Crowe Madeleine</a>, <a href="/search?value1=W+John+Edmunds&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Edmunds W John</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Justus+Nsio&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Nsio Justus</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Abdoulaye+Yam&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Yam Abdoulaye</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Boubacar+Diallo&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Diallo Boubacar</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Abdou+Salam+Gueye&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Gueye Abdou Salam</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Steve+Ahuka-Mundeke&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Ahuka-Mundeke Steve</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Michel+Yao&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Yao Michel</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Ibrahima+Soc%C3%A9+Fall&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Fall Ibrahima Socé</a></span>. The cost of insecurity: from flare-up to control of a major Ebola virus disease hotspot during the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2019. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2020;25(2):pii=1900735. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.2.1900735" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.2.1900735</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 03 Dec 2019;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 15 Jan 2020 </span> </p>
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