A multi-state spatio-temporal Markov model for categorized incidence of meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1764-1771

  Agier, L ^a   Stanton, M ^b   Soga, G ^c   Diggle, P J ^a,d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infectious disease surveillance; Markov multinomial model; meningitis; spatio temporal statistics; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MARKOV MULTINOMIAL MODEL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MENINGITIS; NIGER; PHASE TRANSITION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MARKOV CHAINS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NIGER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880338254     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812001926     Document Type: Article

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