%0 Journal Article
%@ 2291-5222
%I JMIR Publications Inc.
%V 2
%N 1
%P e10
%T The Schisto Track: A System for Gathering and Monitoring Epidemiological Surveys by Connecting Geographical Information Systems in Real Time
%A Leal Neto,Onicio B
%A Albuquerque,Cesar M
%A Albuquerque,Jones O
%A Barbosa,Constança S
%+ Aggeu Magalhaes Research Center, Schistosomiasis Reference Service, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Professor Moraes Rego Avenue, Cidade Universitaria., Recife, 50670420, Brazil, 55 21012572, onicio@gmail.com
%K epidemiological survey
%K schistosomiasis
%K public health
%D 2014
%7 10.03.2014
%9 Original Paper
%J JMIR Mhealth Uhealth
%G English
%X 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. 
%M 25099881
%R 10.2196/mhealth.2859
%U http://mhealth.jmir.org/2014/1/e10/
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.2859
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25099881