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Containing Ebola at the Source with Ring Vaccination.

Stefano Merler¹, Marco Ajelli¹, Laura Fumanelli¹

¹Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy.

Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases

|November 3, 2016

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Ring vaccination with the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine shows high efficacy against Ebola virus disease. This strategy, combined with improved healthcare readiness, can contain outbreaks even with higher transmission rates.

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Area of Science:

Epidemiology
Infectious Disease Modeling
Vaccinology

Background:

Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks pose significant public health challenges.
Ring vaccination strategies, targeting contacts of index cases, have shown promise in controlling EVD.
The rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine has demonstrated high efficacy in interim trial results.

Purpose of the Study:

To numerically estimate the effectiveness of ring vaccination strategies for EVD containment.
To identify key healthcare system parameters that influence outbreak containment success.
To assess the impact of combined interventions on controlling EVD outbreaks.

Main Methods:

Development of a spatially explicit agent-based model simulating EVD outbreaks.
Modeling was conducted for the Pujehun district in Sierra Leone.
Sensitivity analysis was performed on healthcare system parameters and intervention strategies.

Main Results:

Ring vaccination alone can contain outbreaks when the effective reproduction number (R0) is up to 1.6.
Improved contact tracing (2-3 days from symptom onset to hospitalization), expanded vaccination rings (2km), and reduced mobility (quarantines) can increase containment capacity.
These combined interventions can potentially contain outbreaks with an R0 up to 2.6.

Conclusions:

Ring vaccination is a viable strategy for controlling EVD outbreaks.
Enhancing healthcare system readiness and implementing complementary interventions significantly boosts containment capabilities.
Findings have implications for controlling future EVD and other emerging infectious disease threats.