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

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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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