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Comparing statistical models to predict dengue fever notifications.

Arul Earnest1, Say Beng Tan, Annelies Wilder-Smith

  • 1Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Office of Clinical Sciences, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, Singapore 169857. arul.earnest@duke-nus.edu.sg

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Comparing statistical models for dengue fever surveillance, the Knorr-Held (K-H) model showed slightly better accuracy than the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model. However, the K-H model presented greater complexity in its application for disease forecasting.

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A Murine Model of Dengue Virus-induced Acute Viral Encephalitis-like Disease
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Published on: April 28, 2019

Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Biostatistics
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Dengue fever (DF) poses a significant global public health challenge.
  • Effective disease surveillance and vector control are crucial for managing DF spread, especially without a vaccine.
  • Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the primary vectors for dengue transmission.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the performance of two statistical models for dengue fever surveillance and forecasting.
  • To evaluate the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model against the Knorr-Held (K-H) two-component model.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized dengue notification data from Singapore (January 2001 - December 2006) for model development.
  • Validated models using subsequent data (January 2007 - June 2008).
  • Employed Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) as the primary metric for model comparison.

Main Results:

  • The Knorr-Held (K-H) model achieved a slightly lower Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) of 17.21 compared to the ARIMA model.
  • Both models demonstrated similar overall performance in forecasting dengue notifications.
  • The K-H model required more complex prior parameter specification and longer computation time.

Conclusions:

  • Statistical models like ARIMA and K-H can aid in dengue fever surveillance and forecasting.
  • While K-H model showed marginal accuracy improvement, its practical implementation is more demanding.
  • Further research may explore optimizing K-H model fitting or alternative forecasting approaches for dengue.