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Fighting disease, like fighting fires: The lessons Ebola teaches
Author(s) -
Koch Tom
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/cag.12258
Subject(s) - global positioning system , key (lock) , ebola virus , disease surveillance , environmental planning , geography , disease , computer security , computer science , medicine , pathology , telecommunications
Key Messages Rural disease surveillance is similar to rural surveillance in forestry. GPS and GIS technologies may serve for data collection and management. The failure of timely origin/destination maps was a critical factor in the Ebola epidemic.