Connecting mobility to infectious diseases: The promise and limits of mobile phone data

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 214, Issue , 2016, Pages S414-S420

  Wesolowski, Amy ^a   Buckee, Caroline O ^a   Engø Monsen, Kenth ^b   Metcalf, C J E ^c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TELENOR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Telenor Research ^*  (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Data; Human mobility; Mobile phones; Spatial epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALL DATA RECORD; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MOBILE PHONE; SHORT MESSAGING SERVICE; TEXT MESSAGING; TRAVEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CELL PHONE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; KENYA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85015878807     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw273     Document Type: Article

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