Evaluating probabilistic dengue risk forecasts from a prototype early warning system for Brazil

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue FEBRUARY2016, 2016, Pages

  Lowe, Rachel ^a   Coelho, Caio As ^b   Barcellos, Christovam ^c   Carvalho, Marilia Sá ^c   Catão, Rafael De Castro ^a,d   Coelho, Giovanini E ^e   Ramalho, Walter Massa ^f   Bailey, Trevor C ^g   Stephenson, David B ^g   Rodó, Xavier ^a,h  

^a IC3 Institut Català de Ciències del Clima   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^h INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; FORECASTING; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MYALGIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK; VALIDATION PROCESS; VECTOR CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EVALUATION STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BRAZIL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FORECASTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84961267144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.11285     Document Type: Article

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