NDLI: Quantifying travel behavior for infectious disease research: a comparison of data from surveys and mobile phones

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Wesolowski, Amy Gillian, Stresman Eagle, Nathan Stevenson, Jennifer Chrispin, Owaga Elizabeth, Marube Bousema, Teun Christopher, Drakeley Cox, Jonathan Buckee, Caroline O.
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	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 resolution and explicitly do not include individual information in order to protect the privacy of subscribers. Here we compare and contrast both sources of data over the same time period in a rural area of Kenya. Although both data sets are able to quantify broad travel patterns and distinguish regional differences in travel, each provides different insights that can be combined to form a more detailed picture of travel in low-income settings to understand the spread of infectious diseases.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep05678
Starting Page	5678
File Format	PDF
ISSN	20452322
e-ISSN	20452322
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume Number	4
Language	English
Publisher	Nature Publishing Group
Publisher Date	2014-07-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Nature Publishing Group
Subject Keyword	Science and technology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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