Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Euro Surveill. 2015 Jan 8;20(1):20999. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.1.20999.
We report development and implementation of a short message service (SMS)-based system to facilitate active monitoring of persons potentially exposed to Ebola virus disease (EVD), whether returning from EVD-affected countries, or contacts of local cases, should they occur. The system solicits information on symptoms and temperature twice daily. We demonstrated proof-of-concept; however this system would likely be even more useful where there are many local contacts to confirmed EVD cases or travellers from EVD-affected countries.
我们报告了一个基于短消息服务（SMS）的系统的开发和实施，该系统旨在促进对可能接触埃博拉病毒病（EVD）的人员进行主动监测，无论是从受 EVD 影响的国家返回的人员，还是当地病例的接触者，如果发生这种情况。该系统每天两次征求有关症状和体温的信息。我们证明了概念验证；但是，在有许多当地接触者与确诊的 EVD 病例或来自受 EVD 影响国家的旅行者的情况下，该系统可能会更加有用。
