Table 1 Description of the state variables of the model in Figure 1

S _C (t)/S _V (t)

Population of susceptible/visiting-susceptible individuals in the community

E _C (t)/E _V (t)

Population of exposed/visiting-exposed individuals in the community

I _CE (t)/I _CEV (t)

Population of symptomatic/visiting-symptomatic individuals in the early stage of EBOV infection in the community

I _CN (t)

Population of non-hospitalized symptomatic individuals

I _CH (t)

Population of hospitalized symptomatic individuals

R _C (t),R _CH (t), R _H (t),R _RH (t)

Population of recovered individuals in the community/ health-care workers in the community and hospital

S _H (t),S _RH (t)

Population of susceptible/returning-susceptible health-care workers

E _H (t),E _RH (t)

Population of exposed/returning-exposed health-care workers

I _H (t),I _RH (t)

Population of symptomatic/returning-symptomatic health-care workers

D _C (t),D _H (t)

Population of Ebola-deceased individuals in the community and hospital

C _D (t)

Population of cremated/buried Ebola-deceased individuals