Investigating the spatial micro-epidemiology of diseases within a point-prevalence sample: A field applicable method for rapid mapping of households using low-cost GPS-dataloggers

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 500-506

  Stothard, J Russell ^a   Sousa Figueiredo, Jose C ^a,b   Betson, Martha ^a   Seto, Edmund Y W ^c   Kabatereine, Narcis B ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Co infection; Crowdsourcing; Hookworm; I GotU; Intestinal schistosomiasis; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DATALOGGER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROEPIDEMIOLOGY; MOTHER; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POINT PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; UGANDA; WATER SUPPLY;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

EID: 80052376588     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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