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The use of mobile phone data for the estimation of the travel patterns and imported Plasmodium falciparum rates among Zanzibar residents

Andrew J Tatem^1,²^*, Youliang Qiu¹, David L Smith^2,³, Oliver Sabot⁴, Abdullah S Ali⁵ and Bruno Moonen⁴

¹ Department of Geography, 3141 Turlington Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611-7315, USA

² Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32610-0009, USA

³ Department of Biology, Bartram-Carr Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, USA

⁴ The William J Clinton Foundation, 383 Dorchester Avenue, Suite 400, Boston, Massachusetts, 02127, USA

⁵ Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme (ZMCP), Zanzibar Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, P. O. Box 236, Zanzibar

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Malaria Journal 2009, 8:287 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-287

Published: 10 December 2009

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Supplemental Information. Analyses of movement patterns of mainland residents based on mobile phone data.

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