medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.06.20147405; this version posted July 7, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Title Digitized smart surveillance in malaria elimination programme in Mangaluru city, Karnataka, India ― a detailed account of operationalization in post-digitization years Authors B. Shantharam Baliga1, Shrikala Baliga1,2, Animesh Jain1,2, Naveen Kulal3, Manu Kumar4, Naren Koduvattat5, B. G. Prakash Kumar6, Arun Kumar7, Susanta K. Ghosh8,9* Authors’Affiliations 1 Kasturba Medical College Mangalore,, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 575003, India. 2 Manipal McGill Centre for Infectious Diseases, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India. 3 Department of Public Health, Dakshina Kannada District, Mangalore, Karnataka 575001, India. 4 Officer on Special Duty, Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Bangalore, Karnataka 560001, India. 5 I-Point Consulting, Punja Arcade, Lalbagh, Mangalore, Karnataka 575003, India. 6 Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services, Government of Karnataka, Bangalore, Karnataka 560009, India. 7General Hospital, Shikaripura, Karnataka 577427, India. 8 ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research (Field Unit), Nirmal Bhawan–ICMR Campus, Poojanahalli, Kannamangla Post, Devanahalli Taluk, Bangalore, Karnataka 562110, India. 9 Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India. *Correspondence: Susanta K. Ghosh (email -
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