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Using cellphone data to study the spread of cholera
For the first time, researchers have used mobile phone records to reconstruct the spread of a cholera epidemic
Date:
May 23, 2016
Source:
Ecole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne
Summary:
While cholera has hardly changed over the past centuries, the tools used to study it have not ceased to evolve. Using mobile phone records of 150,000 users, a new study has shown to what extent human mobility patterns contributed to the spread of a cholera epidemic in Senegal in 2005...
...Journal Reference:
Using cellphone data to study the spread of cholera
For the first time, researchers have used mobile phone records to reconstruct the spread of a cholera epidemic
Date:
May 23, 2016
Source:
Ecole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne
Summary:
While cholera has hardly changed over the past centuries, the tools used to study it have not ceased to evolve. Using mobile phone records of 150,000 users, a new study has shown to what extent human mobility patterns contributed to the spread of a cholera epidemic in Senegal in 2005...
...Journal Reference:
- Flavio Finger, Tina Genolet, Lorenzo Mari, Guillaume Constantin de Magny, No?l Magloire Manga, Andrea Rinaldo, Enrico Bertuzzo. Mobile phone data highlights the role of mass gatherings in the spreading of cholera outbreaks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016; 201522305 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1522305113