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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017

Motorcycles, Cell Phones, and Electricity Can Dramatically Change the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease in Africa.

Jean-Christophe Lagier, Cheikh Sokhna, Didier Raoult

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jean-Christophe LagierUnité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), IHU Méditerranée-Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Campus International UCAD-IRD, Dakar, Senegal.
Cheikh SokhnaUnité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), IHU Méditerranée-Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, Campus International UCAD-IRD, Dakar, Senegal.
Didier RaoultUnité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), IHU Méditerranée-Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, Marseille, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AbstractSome observations and recent publications demonstrated, particularly in Africa, the potential influence that low-cost motorcycles, cell phones, and even widespread electrification could have on the evolution of infectious diseases, particularly zoonoses. Our reflections support the conclusion that we should focus on the real-time surveillance systems including alerting systems leading to a rapid and flexible response rather than the strongly limited modeling of infectious diseases because of the continuous evolution of microorganisms, as well as changes in the environment and human habits that are unpredictable.

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Disease OutbreaksModels, StatisticalAfricaAnimalsCell PhoneCommunicable DiseasesElectricityEpidemiological MonitoringHumansIndustrial DevelopmentMotorcyclesPrimary PreventionZoonoses

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PMID28138047
PMCPMC5417187

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