Before revision: Despite a very effective vaccine , active conflict and community distrust during the ongoing DRC Ebola epidemic are undermining control efforts, including a ring vaccination strategy. However, 20\% or more of close contacts cannot be reached or refused vaccination, and it is predicted that the ring vaccination strategy would not be effective with such a high level of inaccessibility. In May 2019, the DRC expanded their control efforts to include a community vaccine strategy. To assess the impact of vaccination strategies for controlling Ebola epidemics in the context of variable levels of community resistance, we employed an individual-level stochastic transmission model.
After revision: Despite a very effective vaccine , active conflict and community distrust during the ongoing DRC Ebola epidemic are undermining control efforts, including vaccination strategies. In this paper, we employed an individual-level stochastic structured transmission model to assess the impact of vaccination strategies for controlling Ebola epidemics in the context of variable levels of community resistance, we employed an individual-level stochastic transmission model.