Mobile phone-based infectious disease surveillance system, Sri Lanka

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1524-1531

  Robertson, Colin ^a,b   Sawford, Kate ^c   Daniel, Samson L A ^d   Nelson, Trisalyn A ^a   Stephen, Craig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Ministry of Livestock Development   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; SRI LANKA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELLULAR PHONE; CHICKENS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POULTRY DISEASES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SRI LANKA;

EID: 77958567987     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1610.100249     Document Type: Article

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