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

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human movement is likely an important risk factor for environmentally-transmitted pathogens. While epidemiologic studies have traditionally focused on household risk factors, individual movement data could provide critical additional information about risk of exposure to such pathogens. We conducted global positioning system (GPS) tracking of urban slum residents to quantify their fine-scale movement patterns and evaluate their exposures to environmental sources of leptospirosis transmission.

Methodology/principal findings

We recruited participants from an ongoing cohort study in an urban slum in Brazil and tracked them for 24 hours at 30-second intervals. Among 172 subjects asked to participate in this cross-sectional study, 130 agreed to participate and 109 had

SUBMITTER: Owers KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6143277 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature