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Cellular Data Bites Back at Malaria

In order to really get a handle on a disease, the location and trajectory of an outbreak are paramount, as demonstrated by new research in public health. A group of researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health sought to gain insight on the spread of disease by combining big data from cell phone usage with malaria prevalence maps in order to track the movement of the disease in their paper, “Quantifying the impact of human mobility on malaria.” Read more…

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