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Volume 16, Number 10—October 2010

Research

Mobile Phone–based Infectious Disease Surveillance System, Sri Lanka

Colin Robertson1Comments to Author , Kate Sawford1, Samson L.A. Daniel2, Trisalyn A. Nelson, and Craig Stephen
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (C. Robertson, T.A. Nelson); Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (C. Robertson); University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (K. Sawford, C. Stephen); Ministry of Livestock Development, Colombo, Sri Lanka (S.L.A. Daniel)

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Table 2

Cases in animals in the 4 study districts covered by the Infectious Disease Surveillance and Analysis System, Sri Lanka, January 1–September 30, 2009*

District No. cattle cases No. buffalo cases No. chicken cases Total no. cases
Ratnapura 548 106 146 800
Matara 388 62 55 505
Nuwara Eliya 1,095 16 11 1,122
Anuradhapura 596 70 57 723
Total 2,627 254 269 3,150

*Cases are defined as animal health issues.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

2Retired.

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