This document provides an update on modeling the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. It summarizes epidemiological data from Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Compartmental models are described and fitted to outbreak data from each country. While many parameter combinations can fit the data, projections remain uncertain without more information. Behavioral changes may eventually curb transmission, but the outbreak could last 6-18 more months. Preliminary US estimates suggest few additional cases may occur if the virus is imported but undetected.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
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Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
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Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
Researchers at the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory have been using a combination of modeling techniques to predict the spread of the Ebola outbreak.
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Modeling the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa, August 4th 2014 update
1. Modeling
the
Ebola
Outbreak
in
West
Africa,
2014
August
4th
Update
Bryan
Lewis
PhD,
MPH
(blewis@vbi.vt.edu)
Caitlin
Rivers
MPH,
Stephen
Eubank
PhD,
Madhav
Marathe
PhD,
and
Chris
Barre.
PhD
Technical
Report
#14-‐096
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
2. Overview
• Epidemiological
Update
– Country
by
country
analysis
– Details
from
Liberian
outbreak
• Compartmental
Model
– Descrip2on
– Comparisons
with
different
disease
parameters
– Long
term
projec2ons
• Preliminary
back
of
envelope
look
at
US
DRAFT
–
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for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
3. Epidemiological
Update
• Confirmed
case
imported
into
Lagos
via
air
travel
–
59
contacts
being
monitored,
but
many
others
are
lost
to
followup
• Outbreak
in
Guinea
has
picked
up
again
• Two
new
areas
of
Liberia
are
repor2ng
cases
• 83
new
cases
in
Sierra
Leone
from
July
20-‐27
• 2
American
Health
workers
now
cases
– One
in
Atlanta
being
treated
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
4. Epidemiological
Update
Cases
Deaths
Guinea
460
339
Liberia
329
156
Sierra
Leone
533
233
Total
1322
728
● Data
reported
by
WHO
on
July
31
for
cases
as
of
July
27
● Sierra
Leone
case
counts
censored
up
to
4/30/14.
● Time
series
was
filled
in
with
missing
dates,
and
case
counts
were
interpolated.
DRAFT
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for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
5. Liberia
● Major
ports
of
entry
are
now
closed
● Two
previously
unaffected
coun2es
are
inves2ga2ng
suspected
cases
● Con2nued
transmission
via
funerary
prac2ces
s2ll
suspected
● Transmission
among
healthcare
workers
con2nued
● Significant
resistance
in
the
community,
par2cularly
Lofa
county.
Pa2ents
are
concealed,
refuse
follow
up,
buried
secretly.
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
6. Detailed
data
from
Liberia
• Healthcare
work
infec2ons
and
contact
tracing
info
captured
• More
details
than
aggregates
could
help
with
es2mates
DRAFT
–
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for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
7. Sierra
Leone
• 83
new
cases
were
reported
between
July
20
and
27,
a
massive
increase.
• Sierra
Leone
now
has
the
most
cases
of
the
three
affected
countries
• A
confirmed
pa2ent
lec
isola2on
in
the
capital
city,
reportedly
due
to
“fear
and
mistrust
of
health
workers”
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
8. Guinea
• Worrying
spike
in
cases
from
July
20-‐27
repor2ng
period,
acer
a
prolonged
lull.
• WHO
asserts
this
suggests
“undetected
chains
of
transmission
existed
in
the
community”
DRAFT
–
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for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
9. Susceptible
Exposed
not infectious
Infectious
Symptomatic
Hospitalized
Infectious
MODEL
DESCRIPTION
Funeral
Infectious
Removed
Recovered and immune
or dead and buried
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
10. Compartmental
Approach
• Extension
of
model
proposed
by
Legrand
et
al.
Legrand,
J,
R
F
Grais,
P
Y
Boelle,
A
J
Valleron,
and
A
Flahault.
“Understanding
the
Dynamics
of
Ebola
Epidemics”
Epidemiology
and
Infec1on
135
(4).
2007.
Cambridge
University
Press:
610–21.
doi:10.1017/S0950268806007217.
DRAFT
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for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
11. Legrand
et
al.
Model
Descrip2on
Susceptible
Exposed
not infectious
Infectious
Symptomatic
Hospitalized
Infectious
Funeral
Infectious
Removed
Recovered and immune
or dead and buried
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
12. Legrand
et
al.
Approach
• Behavioral
changes
to
reduce
transmissibili2es
at
specified
days
• Stochas2c
implementa2on
fit
to
two
historical
outbreaks
– Kikwit,
DRC,
1995
– Gulu,
Uganda,
2000
• Finds
two
different
“types”
of
outbreaks
– Community
vs.
Funeral
driven
outbreaks
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
13. Parameters
of
two
historical
outbreaks
DRAFT
–
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for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
14. NDSSL
Extensions
to
Legrand
Model
• Mul2ple
stages
of
behavioral
change
possible
during
this
prolonged
outbreak
• Op2miza2on
of
fit
through
automated
method
• Experiment:
– Explore
“degree”
of
fit
using
the
two
different
outbreak
types
for
each
country
in
current
outbreak
DRAFT
–
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for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
15. Op2mized
Fit
Process
• Parameters
to
explored
selected
– Diag_rate,
beta_I,
beta_H,
beta_F,
gamma_I,
gamma_D,
gamma_F,
gamma_H
– Ini2al
values
based
on
two
historical
outbreak
• Op2miza2on
rou2ne
– Runs
model
with
various
permuta2ons
of
parameters
– Output
compared
to
observed
case
count
– Algorithm
chooses
combina2ons
that
minimize
the
difference
between
observed
case
counts
and
model
outputs,
selects
“best”
one
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
16. Fi.ed
Model
Caveats
• Assump2ons:
– Behavioral
changes
effect
each
transmission
route
similarly
– Mixing
occurs
differently
for
each
of
the
three
compartments
but
uniformly
within
• These
models
are
likely
“overfi.ed”
– Guided
by
knowledge
of
the
outbreak
to
keep
parameters
plausible
– Structure
of
the
model
is
published
and
defensible
– Many
combos
of
parameters
will
fit
the
same
curve
DRAFT
–
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for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
17. Guinea
Fi.ed
Model
In
progress
This
outbreak
is
difficult
to
fit,
with
so
many
seeming
behavioral
shics
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
18. Liberia
Fi.ed
Models
Assuming
no
impact
from
ongoing
response
and
DRC
parameter
fit
is
correct:
83
cases
in
next
14
days
Assuming
no
impact
from
ongoing
response
and
Uganda
parameter
fit
is
correct:
63
cases
in
next
14
days
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
19. Liberia
Fi.ed
Models
Model
Parameters
Liberia
Disease
Parameters
for
Model
FiAng
UgandaOut
Uganda_in
DRCOut
DRC_in
beta_F
0.852496
1.093286
0.020287
0.066
beta_H
0.107974
0.113429
0.00057
0.001714
beta_I
0.083646
0.084
0.465238
0.504571
dx
0.2
0.65
0.9
0.67
gamma_I
0.533852
0.474164
0.626551
0.474164
gamma_d
0.138182
0.125
0.120216
0.104167
gamma_f
0.720525
0.5
0.719349
0.5
gamma_h
0.203924
0.238095
0.330794
0.2
Score
14742
NA
9694
NA
No
behavioral
Changes
included
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
20. Liberia
Fi.ed
Models
Sources
of
InfecFons
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
21. Sierra
Leone
Fi.ed
Model
Assuming
no
impact
from
ongoing
response
and
DRC
parameter
fit
is
correct:
101
cases
in
next
14
days
Assuming
no
impact
from
ongoing
response
and
Uganda
parameter
fit
is
correct:
107
cases
in
next
14
days
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
22. Sierra
Leone
Fi.ed
Model
Model
Parameters
Sierra
Leone
Disease
Parameters
for
Model
FiAng
UgandaOut
Uganda_in
DRCOut
DRC_in
beta_F
1.253475
1.093286
0.058504
0.066
beta_H
0.067821
0.113429
0.000000
0.001714
beta_I
0.090063
0.084
0.308796
0.504571
dx
0.669891
0.65
0.604919
0.67
gamma_I
0.460938
0.437148
0.687977
0.437148
gamma_d
0.159662
0.125
0.090552
0.104167
gamma_f
0.550443
0.5
0.596496
0.5
gamma_h
0.159662
0.238095
0.226723
0.2
Score
78487
NA
76891
NA
No
behavioral
Changes
included
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
23. Sierra
Leone
Fi.ed
Models
Sources
of
InfecFons
DRC
R0
es2mates
rI:
1.40278302774
rH:
2.85436942329e-‐10
rF:
0.151864780392
Overall:
1.55464780842
Uganda
R0
es2mates
rI:
0.424081180257
rH:
6.70236711791e-‐10
rF:
1.4124823235
Overall:
1.83656350443
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
24. Model
Fiong
Conclusions
• Given:
– Many
sets
of
parameters
can
yield
“reasonable”
fits
with
totally
different
transmission
drivers
– These
different
parameter
sets
offer
similar
es2mated
projec2ons
of
future
cases
– Coarseness
of
the
case
counts
and
inability
to
es2mate
under/
over
case
ascertainment
• Can
not
account
for
all
uncertainty,
thus
es2mates
are
very
uncertain:
– Model
structure
and
parameters
allow
for
over-‐fiong
– Not
enough
informa2on
in
current
case
count
curve
to
limit
this
uncertainty
– Need
more
informa2on
to
characterize
the
type
of
outbreak
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
25. No2onal
Long-‐term
Projec2ons
• Start
with
“best”
fit
model
(example
purposes:
Sierra
Leone
model
fit
from
Uganda
params)
• Induce
behavioral
change
in
2
weeks
that
bends
epidemic
over
such
that
it
ends
at
6m,
12m,
18m
• Es2mate
impact
– Example:
Sierra
Leone
@
6m
– Cases:
~900
more
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
26. No2onal
US
es2mates
• Under
assump2on
that
Ebola
case,
arrives
and
doesn’t
seek
care
and
avoids
detec2on
throughout
illness
• CNIMS
based
simula2ons
– Agent-‐based
models
of
popula2ons
with
realis2c
social
networks,
built
up
from
high
resolu2on
census,
ac2vity,
and
loca2on
data
• Assume:
– Reduced
transmission
routes
in
US
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
27. No2onal
US
es2mates
Approach
• Get
disease
parameters
from
fi.ed
model
in
West
Africa
• Put
into
CNIMS
plarorm
– ISIS
simula2on
GUI
– Modify
to
represent
US
• Example
Experiment:
– 100
replicates
– One
case
introduc2on
into
Washington
DC
– Simulate
for
3
weeks
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
28. No2onal
US
es2mates
Example
An Epi Plot
Cell=7187
Replicate Mean
Overall Mean
0 5 10 15 20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Cumulative Infections
100
replicates
Day
Mean
of
1.8
cases
Max
of
6
cases
Majority
only
one
ini2al
case
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
29. Next
steps
• Seek
data
to
choose
most
appropriate
model
– Detailed
Liberia
MoH
with
HCW
data
– Parse
news
reports
to
es2mate
main
drivers
of
transmission
• Patch
modeling
with
flows
between
regions
from
road
networks
• Refine
es2mates
for
US
– Find
more
informa2on
on
characteris2cs
of
disease,
explore
parameter
ranges
• Gather
more
data
for
West
African
region
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
30. Patch
Modeling
Combines
compartmental
models
with
Niche
modeling
to
explore
larger
scale
dynamics.
Can
help
understand
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
33. Pop
Construc2on
–
New
Countries
Liberia:
§ Limited
demographic
informa2on
§ h.p://www.tlcafrica.com/lisgis/lisgis.htm
§ h.p://www.na2onmaster.com/country-‐info/profiles/Liberia/People
§ OpenStreetMap
data
(OSM
data
file
is
4.1
MB,
so
limited)
§ h.p://download.geofabrik.de/africa.html
Sierra
Leone:
§ Some
demographic
informa2on
§ h.p://www.sta2s2cs.sl
§ h.p://www.na2onmaster.com/country-‐info/profiles/Sierra-‐Leone/People
§ h.p://www.sta2s2cs.sl/reports_to_publish_2010/popula2on_profile_of_sierra_leone_2010.pdf
§ OpenStreetMap
data
(OSM
data
file
is
10.2
MB)
Guinea:
§ Some
demographic
informa2on
§ h.p://www.stat-‐guinee.org
(french)
§ h.p://www.na2onmaster.com/country-‐info/profiles/Guinea/People
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on
§ OpenStreetMap
data
(OSM
data
file
is
15.6
MB)
34. Conclusions
• S2ll
need
more
data
– Working
on
gathering
West
Africa
popula2on
and
movement
data
– News
reports
and
official
data
sources
need
to
be
analyzed
to
be.er
understand
the
major
drivers
of
infec2on
• From
available
data
and
in
the
absence
of
significant
mi2ga2on
outbreak
in
Africa
looks
to
con2nue
to
produce
significant
numbers
of
cases
• Expert
opinion
and
preliminary
simula2ons
support
limited
spread
in
US
context
DRAFT
–
Not
for
a.ribu2on
or
distribu2on