Application of a Geographic Information System to the Tracking and Control of an Outbreak of Shigellosis
Open Access
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (3) , 728-733
- https://doi.org/10.1086/314050
Abstract
A personal computer—based commercial geographic information system (GIS) was applied to an outbreak of Shigella sonnei infection at Fort Bragg, NorthKeywords
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