EbolaTracks: an automated SMS system for monitoring persons potentially exposed to Ebola virus disease
We report development and implementation of a short message service (SMS)-based system to facilitate active monitoring of persons potentially exposed to Ebola virus disease (EVD), whether returning from EVD-affected countries, or contacts of local cases, should they occur. The system solicits inform...
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
2015
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| author | Tracey, L. Regan, Annette Armstrong, P. Dowse, G. Effler, P. |
| author_facet | Tracey, L. Regan, Annette Armstrong, P. Dowse, G. Effler, P. |
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| description | We report development and implementation of a short message service (SMS)-based system to facilitate active monitoring of persons potentially exposed to Ebola virus disease (EVD), whether returning from EVD-affected countries, or contacts of local cases, should they occur. The system solicits information on symptoms and temperature twice daily. We demonstrated proof-of-concept; however this system would likely be even more useful where there are many local contacts to confirmed EVD cases or travellers from EVD-affected countries. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-545652018-03-05T07:16:20Z EbolaTracks: an automated SMS system for monitoring persons potentially exposed to Ebola virus disease Tracey, L. Regan, Annette Armstrong, P. Dowse, G. Effler, P. We report development and implementation of a short message service (SMS)-based system to facilitate active monitoring of persons potentially exposed to Ebola virus disease (EVD), whether returning from EVD-affected countries, or contacts of local cases, should they occur. The system solicits information on symptoms and temperature twice daily. We demonstrated proof-of-concept; however this system would likely be even more useful where there are many local contacts to confirmed EVD cases or travellers from EVD-affected countries. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54565 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.1.20999 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Tracey, L. Regan, Annette Armstrong, P. Dowse, G. Effler, P. EbolaTracks: an automated SMS system for monitoring persons potentially exposed to Ebola virus disease |
| title | EbolaTracks: an automated SMS system for monitoring persons potentially exposed to Ebola virus disease |
| title_full | EbolaTracks: an automated SMS system for monitoring persons potentially exposed to Ebola virus disease |
| title_fullStr | EbolaTracks: an automated SMS system for monitoring persons potentially exposed to Ebola virus disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | EbolaTracks: an automated SMS system for monitoring persons potentially exposed to Ebola virus disease |
| title_short | EbolaTracks: an automated SMS system for monitoring persons potentially exposed to Ebola virus disease |
| title_sort | ebolatracks: an automated sms system for monitoring persons potentially exposed to ebola virus disease |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54565 |