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Mobile phone records may predict epidemics of mosquito-borne dengue virus [1]

A new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that mobile phone records can be used to predict the geographical spread and timing of dengue epidemics.

Publication Date: 
08/09/2015
Medical Express [2]
Tags:
Health [3], Dengue [4], Vector Borne Diseases [5], Mobile Phone [6], Epidemics [7], Diseases [8]
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diseases