Feasibility of mapping of dengue fever patients admitted to medical wards of Teaching Hospital Karapitiya using Google maps®app in mobile phones or tablets | Zendy

J. S. Hewavithana | Zendy; D. R. Palangasinghe | Zendy; Niroshana J. Dahanayaka | Zendy

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Feasibility of mapping of dengue fever patients admitted to medical wards of Teaching Hospital Karapitiya using Google maps®app in mobile phones or tablets

Author(s) -

J. S. Hewavithana,

D. R. Palangasinghe,

Niroshana J. Dahanayaka

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

ceylon medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2386-1274

pISSN - 0009-0875

DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v63i2.8675

Subject(s) - medicine , medical journal , ceylon , dengue fever , sri lanka , relevance (law) , alternative medicine , family medicine , library science , south asia , virology , pathology , ethnology , computer science , political science , law , history , programming language

A previous study conducted in Anuradhapura showed the feasibility of mapping dengue fever patients using locus free mapping [3]. However in 2016 Google maps® was upgraded with the street viewing facility in Sri Lanka. In addition, with current Google maps® it is possible to get latitudes and longitudes of places without any additional software. We carried out a descriptive cross sectional study to assess the feasibility of mapping dengue fever cases using a mobile phone or a tablet with Google maps® app and internet connection.

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