Assessing the performance of real-time epidemic forecasts: A case study of Ebola in the Western Area region of Sierra Leone, 2014-15

Sebastian Funk; Anton Camacho; Adam J. Kucharski; Rachel Lowe; Rosalind M. Eggo; W. John Edmunds

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006785

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Assessing the performance of real-time epidemic forecasts: A case study of Ebola in the Western Area region of Sierra Leone, 2014-15

Sebastian Funk ,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: sebastian.funk@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2842-3406

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Anton Camacho,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Epicentre, Paris, France

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0023-3985

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Adam J. Kucharski,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Rachel Lowe,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3939-7343

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Rosalind M. Eggo,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0362-6717

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W. John Edmunds

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Assessing the performance of real-time epidemic forecasts: A case study of Ebola in the Western Area region of Sierra Leone, 2014-15

Sebastian Funk,
Anton Camacho,
Adam J. Kucharski,
Rachel Lowe,
Rosalind M. Eggo,
W. John Edmunds

Published: February 11, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006785

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