Effect of reducing force of infection from community transmission.

Abstract

<p>Starting with a baseline case ascertainment of 70% and a small health care system (0.1% of population are HCWs, 1:15 and 1:50 ratio of bed and contact-tracing capacities to HCWs, as above), this figure shows the effect of reducing the force of infection from dead bodies (β_D) and in the community (β_I) by 25%. This represents a sociocultural intervention that changes both burial practices and social mixing in the community. Similar to <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005018#pntd.0005018.g007" target="_blank">Fig 7</a>, success of such an intervention relies upon early detection and a rapid response from the community.</p