Integrating rapid risk mapping and mobile phone call record data for strategic malaria elimination planning

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tatem, Andrew J ^a,b   Huang, Zhuojie ^c   Narib, Clothilde ^d   Kumar, Udayan ^c   Kandula, Deepika ^e   Pindolia, Deepa K ^c   Smith, David L ^b,f   Cohen, Justin M ^e   Graupe, Bonita ^g   Uusiku, Petrina ^d   Lourenço, Christopher ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d National Vector borne Diseases Control Programme   (Namibia)

^e CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Mobile Telecommunications Limited   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Disease mapping; Human mobility; Malaria elimination; Migration; Mobile phones; Plasmodium falciparum malaria; Satellite imagery; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELLULAR PHONE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893700265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-52     Document Type: Article

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