A scoping review of malaria forecasting: Past work and future directions

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Zinszer, Kate ^a   Verma, Aman D ^a   Charland, Katia ^a,b,c   Brewer, Timothy F ^a,d   Brownstein, John S ^a,b,c,d   Sun, Zhuoyu ^a   Buckeridge, David L ^a,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Agence de la sante et des services sociaux de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MACHINE LEARNING; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84871041138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001992     Document Type: Article

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