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Fine-scale GPS tracking to quantify human movement patterns and exposure to leptospires in the urban slum environment.

Katharine A OwersJuliana OdetundeRosan Barbosa de MatosGielson SacramentoMayara CarvalhoNivison NeryFederico CostaMitermayer G ReisJames E ChildsJosé E HaganPeter J DiggleAlbert I Ko
Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2018)
GPS tracking was an effective tool for quantifying individual mobility in the complex urban slum environment and identifying risk exposures associated with that movement. This study suggests that in addition to source reduction, barrier interventions that reduce contact with transmission sources as slum residents move within their communities may be a useful prevention strategy for leptospirosis.
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