Transmission Risks of Schistosomiasis Japonica: Extraction from Back-propagation Artificial Neural Network and Logistic Regression Model

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Jun Fang ^a,b   Xu, Jing ^a,b   Li, Shi Zhu ^a,b   Jia, Tia Wu ^a,b   Huang, Xi Bao ^c   Zhang, Hua Ming ^d   Chen, Mei ^d   Yang, Guo Jing ^e,f   Gao, Shu Jing ^g   Wang, Qing Yun ^g   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^a,b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Jiangling Institute of Schistosomiasis Control and Prevention   (China)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^g Normal University of Gannan   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84875990461     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002123     Document Type: Article

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