The Cholera Phone: Diarrheal Disease Surveillance by Mobile Phone in Bangladesh

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The Cholera Phone : Diarrheal Disease Surveillance by Mobile Phone in Bangladesh. / sengupta, leela; Tamason, Charlotte Crim; Sultana, Rebeca; Tulsiani, Suhella; Phelps, Matthew; Gurley, Emily S; Jensen, Peter Kjær Mackie.

I: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Bind 100, Nr. 3, 2019, s. 510-516.

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sengupta, L, Tamason, CC, Sultana, R, Tulsiani, S, Phelps, M, Gurley, ES & Jensen, PKM 2019, 'The Cholera Phone: Diarrheal Disease Surveillance by Mobile Phone in Bangladesh', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, bind 100, nr. 3, s. 510-516. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0546

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sengupta, L., Tamason, C. C., Sultana, R., Tulsiani, S., Phelps, M., Gurley, E. S., & Jensen, P. K. M. (2019). The Cholera Phone: Diarrheal Disease Surveillance by Mobile Phone in Bangladesh. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100(3), 510-516. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0546

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sengupta L, Tamason CC, Sultana R, Tulsiani S, Phelps M, Gurley ES o.a. The Cholera Phone: Diarrheal Disease Surveillance by Mobile Phone in Bangladesh. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2019;100(3):510-516. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.18-0546

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sengupta, leela ; Tamason, Charlotte Crim ; Sultana, Rebeca ; Tulsiani, Suhella ; Phelps, Matthew ; Gurley, Emily S ; Jensen, Peter Kjær Mackie. / The Cholera Phone : Diarrheal Disease Surveillance by Mobile Phone in Bangladesh. I: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2019 ; Bind 100, Nr. 3. s. 510-516.

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abstract = "Existing methodologies to record diarrheal disease incidence in households have limitations due to a high-episode recall error outside a 48-hour window. Our objective was to use mobile phones for reporting diarrheal episodes in households to provide real-time incidence data with minimum resource consumption and low recall error. From June 2014 to June 2015, we enrolled 417 low-income households in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and asked them to report diarrheal episodes to a call center. A team of data collectors then visited persons reporting the episode to collect data. In addition, each month, the team conducted in-home surveys on diarrhea incidence for a preceding 48-hour period. The mobile phone surveillance reported an incidence of 0.16 cases per person-year (95% CI: 0.13–0.19), with 117 reported diarrhea cases, and the routine in-home survey detected an incidence of 0.33 cases per person-year (95% CI: 0.18–0.60), the incidence rate ratio was 2.11 (95% CI: 1.08–3.78). During focus group discussions, participants reported a lack in motivation to report diarrhea by phone because of the absence of provision of intervening treatment following reporting. Mobile phone technology can provide a unique tool for real-time disease reporting. The phone surveillance in this study reported a lower incidence of diarrhea than an in-home survey, possibly because of the absence of intervention and, therefore, a perceived lack of incentive to report. However, this study reports the untapped potential of mobile phones in monitoring infectious disease incidence in a low-income setting.",
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