Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania.

Katie Hampson and colleagues describe their experience of developing and deploying a large-scale rabies surveillance system based on mobile phones in southern Tanzania.

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Main Authors: Zacharia Mtema, Joel Changalucha, Sarah Cleaveland, Martin Elias, Heather M Ferguson, Jo E B Halliday, Daniel T Haydon, Gurdeep Jaswant, Rudovick Kazwala, Gerry F Killeen, Tiziana Lembo, Kennedy Lushasi, Alpha D Malishee, Rebecca Mancy, Matthew Maziku, Eberhard M Mbunda, Geofrey J M Mchau, Roderick Murray-Smith, Kristyna Rysava, Khadija Said, Maganga Sambo, Elizabeth Shayo, Lwitiko Sikana, Sunny E Townsend, Honorathy Urassa, Katie Hampson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-04-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002002
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author Zacharia Mtema
Joel Changalucha
Sarah Cleaveland
Martin Elias
Heather M Ferguson
Jo E B Halliday
Daniel T Haydon
Gurdeep Jaswant
Rudovick Kazwala
Gerry F Killeen
Tiziana Lembo
Kennedy Lushasi
Alpha D Malishee
Rebecca Mancy
Matthew Maziku
Eberhard M Mbunda
Geofrey J M Mchau
Roderick Murray-Smith
Kristyna Rysava
Khadija Said
Maganga Sambo
Elizabeth Shayo
Lwitiko Sikana
Sunny E Townsend
Honorathy Urassa
Katie Hampson
author_facet Zacharia Mtema
Joel Changalucha
Sarah Cleaveland
Martin Elias
Heather M Ferguson
Jo E B Halliday
Daniel T Haydon
Gurdeep Jaswant
Rudovick Kazwala
Gerry F Killeen
Tiziana Lembo
Kennedy Lushasi
Alpha D Malishee
Rebecca Mancy
Matthew Maziku
Eberhard M Mbunda
Geofrey J M Mchau
Roderick Murray-Smith
Kristyna Rysava
Khadija Said
Maganga Sambo
Elizabeth Shayo
Lwitiko Sikana
Sunny E Townsend
Honorathy Urassa
Katie Hampson
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spelling doaj.art-6341679c891b43aa95ce1c7ebdee2b722022-12-21T20:22:28ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Medicine1549-12771549-16762016-04-01134e100200210.1371/journal.pmed.1002002Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania.Zacharia MtemaJoel ChangaluchaSarah CleavelandMartin EliasHeather M FergusonJo E B HallidayDaniel T HaydonGurdeep JaswantRudovick KazwalaGerry F KilleenTiziana LemboKennedy LushasiAlpha D MalisheeRebecca MancyMatthew MazikuEberhard M MbundaGeofrey J M MchauRoderick Murray-SmithKristyna RysavaKhadija SaidMaganga SamboElizabeth ShayoLwitiko SikanaSunny E TownsendHonorathy UrassaKatie HampsonKatie Hampson and colleagues describe their experience of developing and deploying a large-scale rabies surveillance system based on mobile phones in southern Tanzania.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002002
spellingShingle Zacharia Mtema
Joel Changalucha
Sarah Cleaveland
Martin Elias
Heather M Ferguson
Jo E B Halliday
Daniel T Haydon
Gurdeep Jaswant
Rudovick Kazwala
Gerry F Killeen
Tiziana Lembo
Kennedy Lushasi
Alpha D Malishee
Rebecca Mancy
Matthew Maziku
Eberhard M Mbunda
Geofrey J M Mchau
Roderick Murray-Smith
Kristyna Rysava
Khadija Said
Maganga Sambo
Elizabeth Shayo
Lwitiko Sikana
Sunny E Townsend
Honorathy Urassa
Katie Hampson
Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania.
PLoS Medicine
title Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania.
title_full Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania.
title_fullStr Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania.
title_full_unstemmed Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania.
title_short Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania.
title_sort mobile phones as surveillance tools implementing and evaluating a large scale intersectoral surveillance system for rabies in tanzania
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002002
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