The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiology

In this Perspective, the authors review the different applications for mobile phone data to support COVID-19 pandemic response, the relevance of these applications for infectious disease transmission and control, and potential sources and implications of selection bias in mobile phone data.

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Main Authors: Kyra H. Grantz, Hannah R. Meredith, Derek A. T. Cummings, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Bryan T. Grenfell, John R. Giles, Shruti Mehta, Sunil Solomon, Alain Labrique, Nishant Kishore, Caroline O. Buckee, Amy Wesolowski
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18190-5
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author Kyra H. Grantz
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Sunil Solomon
Alain Labrique
Nishant Kishore
Caroline O. Buckee
Amy Wesolowski
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spelling doaj.art-fa42ad65c279487e8386d557f0ac90fa2022-12-21T23:36:57ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-09-011111810.1038/s41467-020-18190-5The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiologyKyra H. Grantz0Hannah R. Meredith1Derek A. T. Cummings2C. Jessica E. Metcalf3Bryan T. Grenfell4John R. Giles5Shruti Mehta6Sunil Solomon7Alain Labrique8Nishant Kishore9Caroline O. Buckee10Amy Wesolowski11Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthDepartment of Biology and the Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of FloridaDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs, Princeton UniversityDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs, Princeton UniversityDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthDepartment of Epidemiology and the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard TH Chan School of Public HealthDepartment of Epidemiology and the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard TH Chan School of Public HealthDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthIn this Perspective, the authors review the different applications for mobile phone data to support COVID-19 pandemic response, the relevance of these applications for infectious disease transmission and control, and potential sources and implications of selection bias in mobile phone data.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18190-5
spellingShingle Kyra H. Grantz
Hannah R. Meredith
Derek A. T. Cummings
C. Jessica E. Metcalf
Bryan T. Grenfell
John R. Giles
Shruti Mehta
Sunil Solomon
Alain Labrique
Nishant Kishore
Caroline O. Buckee
Amy Wesolowski
The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiology
Nature Communications
title The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiology
title_full The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiology
title_fullStr The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiology
title_full_unstemmed The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiology
title_short The use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of COVID-19 pandemic epidemiology
title_sort use of mobile phone data to inform analysis of covid 19 pandemic epidemiology
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18190-5
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