Spatio-temporal modelling of climate-sensitive disease risk: Towards an early warning system for dengue in Brazil

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 371-381

  Lowe, Rachel ^a   Bailey, Trevor C ^a   Stephenson, David B ^a   Graham, Richard J ^b   Coelho, Caio A S ^c   Sá Carvalho, Marilia ^d   Barcellos, Christovam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^d Brazil   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dengue fever; Epidemic; Prediction; Seasonal climate forecasts; Spatio temporal model

Indexed keywords

DENGUE FEVER; EPIDEMIC; PREDICTION; SEASONAL CLIMATE FORECAST; SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 79952186969     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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