Table 2

Calibration of EpiRisk tool with nine historic outbreaks

Hepatitis A
(Australia)
Measles (Japan)Hepatitis A
(Italy)
Ebola (USA)Zika (Brazil)Diphtheria
(Bangladesh)
Cholera
(South Sudan)
Ebola
(Sierra Leone)
Lassa fever (Nigeria)
Outbreak characteristics
 Duration10 weeks8 weeks18 months12 weeks>10 months6 weeks18 months19 months13 months
 Cases (suspected and confirmed)3016118034218 93180420 43813 6834466
 Deaths (probable and confirmed)101111154363953142
 International aid receivedNoNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYes
 Reference555657585960596162
Country parameters
 Income111122332
 HE total (% of GDP)212113213
 The state of peace111222313
 Country’s border112222322
 Physician density (per 1000)121223333
 Hospital bed density (per 1000)212223333
 Population density133113123
 Total country score91012111218181519
Disease parameters
 Pathogen333332233
 Basic reproductive number232333333
 Mode of transmission232213222
 Asymptomatic stage333133313
 Case fatality rate131333333
 Therapy/drug availability333331133
 Vaccine availability111331133
 Total disease score151915181916151820
Overall score242927293134333339
Risk classificationModerateModerateModerateModerateHighHighHighHighExtreme