Development of temporal modelling for forecasting and prediction of malaria infections using time-series and ARIMAX analyses: A case study in endemic districts of Bhutan

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wangdi, Kinley ^a,b   Singhasivanon, Pratap ^a   Silawan, Tassanee ^a   Lawpoolsri, Saranath ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a   Kaewkungwal, Jaranit ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Yebilaptsa General Hospital   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE MODEL; BHUTAN; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORECASTING; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WEATHER;

BHUTAN; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 77956454726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-251     Document Type: Article

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