Title: The use of mobile phone data for the estimation of the travel patterns and imported Plasmodium falciparum rates among Zanzibar residents

Authors: Tatem, Andrew J.

Place: [London]

Publisher: BioMed central

Year: 2009

Journal: Malaria journal

Volume: Vol. 8, No. 1

PAGE: --

Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, malaria, data collection, disease control, disease prevention, zanzibar

Abstract: In Zanzibar, anonymized mobile phone records to characterize human movements were combined with spatial data on malaria endemicity to identify patterns of parasite carrier movements and rates of malaria importation. Results feed into the malaria elimination feasibility assessment for Zanzibar.

URL: http://www.malariajournal.com/content/pdf/1475-2875-8-287.pdf

Document type: E-article