Ebola Outbreak Meta-Analysis Data and Code

This release of the "Ebola Outbreak Meta-Analysis" repository, containing all data, code, and documentation needed to reproduce the analyses in Paasi et al. (2025): Data: data/data_extraction_with_guide.csv (template and guide) data/data_extraction_example.csv (example extraction for Gulu 2000) Code: code/meta_analysis.R (meta-analysis and meta-regression scripts) code/session_info.R (R session information for reproducibility) Figures (will be generated by running meta_analysis.R): figures/forest_plot_cfr.png figures/bubble_plot_delay_vs_cfr.png figures/bubble_plot_onset_to_response.png Supplementary: supplementary/PRISMA_checklist_filled.pdf (completed PRISMA 2020 checklist) supplementary/excluded_studies_list.csv (list of full-text exclusions with reasons) supplementary/PRISMA_flow_diagram.png (flowchart of screening process) Documentation: README.md (overview, instructions, and folder structure) CITATION.cff (how to cite this repository) requirements.txt (R package dependencies) LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) To reproduce the paper's results: Install R ≥ 4.3.2 and the packages listed in requirements.txt. Populate data/data_extraction_with_guide.csv with outbreak data. Run code/meta_analysis.R to generate pooled CFR estimates, meta-regression outputs, and figures. See code/session_info.R for the exact R session details. This release is linked to a Zenodo DOI: doi.org If you use this repository for your research, please cite it as below.