Erratum: Effectiveness of a Mobile Short-Message-Service-Based Disease Outbreak Alert System in Kenya (Emerging Infectious Diseases 22:4 DOI: 10.3201/eid2204.151459);Effectiveness of a mobile short-message-service-based disease outbreak alert system in Kenya

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 711-715

  Toda, Mitsuru ^a,b   Njeru, Ian ^c   Zurovac, Dejan ^d,e   O Tipo, Shikanga ^c   Kareko, David ^c   Mwau, Matilu ^d   Morita, Kouichi ^b  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRACUNCULIASIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MEASLES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; Q FEVER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEXT MESSAGING; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; IN SERVICE TRAINING; KENYA; MANPOWER; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

ANTHRAX; CELL PHONES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRACUNCULIASIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; KENYA; MEASLES; Q FEVER; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84961206157     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/EID2208.C12208     Document Type: Erratum

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