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Community-Based Surveillance and Geographic Information System‒Linked Contact Tracing in COVID-19 Case Identification, Ghana, March‒June 2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ghana implemented various mitigation strategies. We describe use of geographic information system (GIS)‒linked contact tracing and increased community-based surveillance (CBS) to help control spread of COVID-19 in Ghana. GIS-linked contact tracing was conducted...

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Autores principales:	Kenu, Ernest, Barradas, Danielle T., Bandoh, Delia A., Frimpong, Joseph A., Noora, Charles L., Bekoe, Franklin A.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
Materias:	Surveillance, Information, and Laboratory Systems
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9745224/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36502391 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2813.221068

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