@Article{info:doi/10.2196/mhealth.2859,
author="Leal Neto, Onicio B
and Albuquerque, Cesar M
and Albuquerque, Jones O
and Barbosa, Constan{\c{c}}a S",
title="The Schisto Track: A System for Gathering and Monitoring Epidemiological Surveys by Connecting Geographical Information Systems in Real Time",
journal="JMIR Mhealth Uhealth",
year="2014",
month="Mar",
day="10",
volume="2",
number="1",
pages="e10",
keywords="epidemiological survey; schistosomiasis; public health",
abstract="Background: Using the Android platform as a notification instrument for diseases and disorders forms a new alternative for computerization of epidemiological studies. Objective: The objective of our study was to construct a tool for gathering epidemiological data on schistosomiasis using the Android platform. Methods: The developed application (app), named the Schisto Track, is a tool for data capture and analysis that was designed to meet the needs of a traditional epidemiological survey. An initial version of the app was finished and tested in both real situations and simulations for epidemiological surveys. Results: The app proved to be a tool capable of automation of activities, with data organization and standardization, easy data recovery (to enable interfacing with other systems), and totally modular architecture. Conclusions: The proposed Schisto Track is in line with worldwide trends toward use of smartphones with the Android platform for modeling epidemiological scenarios. ",
issn="2291-5222",
doi="10.2196/mhealth.2859",
url="http://mhealth.jmir.org/2014/1/e10/",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.2859",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25099881"
}