Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania

Zacharia Mtema; Joel Changalucha; Sarah Cleaveland; Martin Elias; Heather M. Ferguson; Jo E.B. Halliday; Daniel T. Haydon; Gurdeep Jaswant; Rudovick Kazwala; Gerry F. Killeen; Tiziana Lembo; Kennedy Lushasi; Alpha D. Malishee; Rebecca Mancy; Matthew Maziku; Eberhard M. Mbunda; Geofrey J.M. Mchau; Roderick Murray-Smith; Kristyna Rysava; Khadija Said; Maganga Sambo; Elizabeth Shayo; Lwitiko Sikana; Sunny E. Townsend; Honorathy Urassa; Katie Hampson

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002002

Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania

Zacharia Mtema
, Joel Changalucha
, Sarah Cleaveland
, Martin Elias
, Heather M. Ferguson
, Jo E.B. Halliday
, Daniel T. Haydon
, Gurdeep Jaswant
, Rudovick Kazwala
, Gerry F. Killeen
, Tiziana Lembo
, Kennedy Lushasi
, Alpha D. Malishee
, Rebecca Mancy
, Matthew Maziku
, Eberhard M. Mbunda
, Geofrey J.M. Mchau
, Roderick Murray-Smith
, Kristyna Rysava
, Khadija Said

Maganga Sambo, Elizabeth Shayo, Lwitiko Sikana, Sunny E. Townsend, Honorathy Urassa, Katie Hampson

Ifakara Health Institute
University of Glasgow
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Ministry of Agriculture
World Health Organization

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Original language	English
Article number	e1002002
Journal	PLOS Medicine
Volume	13
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002002
Publication status	Published - Apr 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Mtema, Z., Changalucha, J., Cleaveland, S., Elias, M., Ferguson, H. M., Halliday, J. E. B., Haydon, D. T., Jaswant, G., Kazwala, R., Killeen, G. F., Lembo, T., Lushasi, K., Malishee, A. D., Mancy, R., Maziku, M., Mbunda, E. M., Mchau, G. J. M., Murray-Smith, R., Rysava, K., ... Hampson, K. (2016). Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania. PLOS Medicine, 13(4), Article e1002002. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002002

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Mobile Phones As Surveillance Tools: Implementing and Evaluating a Large-Scale Intersectoral Surveillance System for Rabies in Tanzania

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