Quantifying travel behavior for infectious disease research: a comparison of data from surveys and mobile phones.
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SUBMITTER: Wesolowski A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4894426 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
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Quantifying travel behavior for infectious disease research: a comparison of data from surveys and mobile phones.
Wesolowski Amy A Stresman Gillian G Eagle Nathan N Stevenson Jennifer J Owaga Chrispin C Marube Elizabeth E Bousema Teun T Drakeley Christopher C Cox Jonathan J Buckee Caroline O CO
Scientific reports 20140714
Human travel impacts the spread of infectious diseases across spatial and temporal scales, with broad implications for the biological and social sciences. Individual data on travel patterns have been difficult to obtain, particularly in low-income countries. Travel survey data provide detailed demographic information, but sample sizes are often small and travel histories are hard to validate. Mobile phone records can provide vast quantities of spatio-temporal travel data but vary in spatial reso ...[more]
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