Figure 2

Comparison of the growth trends for past outbreaks in Central Africa (Congo 1995 and Uganda 2000) with the ongoing Ebola epidemic in Liberia. Time series of new Ebola case reports prior to the implementation of control interventions for the outbreak in Congo 1995 (9 May 1995) [24] and Uganda 2000 (22 October 2000) [100] and for the ongoing epidemic in Liberia from 15 June to 15 August 2014. Incidence data for the outbreaks in Central Africa are shown according to the dates of symptoms onset while the weekly incidence curve for the epidemic in Liberia comprises total cases based on the daily epidemic curve estimated in [7].