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01:16What is Climate?
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Deep learning models for forecasting dengue fever based on climate data in Vietnam.
Van-Hau Nguyen1, Tran Thi Tuyet-Hanh2, James Mulhall3
1Hungyen University of Technology and Education, Hungyen, Vietnam.
Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases
|June 13, 2022
Summary
An attention-enhanced long short-term memory (LSTM-ATT) model accurately predicts dengue fever outbreaks in Vietnam using meteorological data. This deep learning approach offers a promising tool for public health adaptation to climate change.
Area of Science:
- Environmental health
- Epidemiology
- Machine learning
Background:
- Dengue fever (DF) poses a significant and escalating health threat in Vietnam, exacerbated by climate change.
- Developing an early-warning system for DF is a key climate change adaptation strategy in Vietnam.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop an accurate dengue fever prediction model for Vietnam using meteorological factors.
- To inform public health responses for outbreak prevention under future climate change scenarios.
Main Methods:
- Compared deep learning models (CNN, Transformer, LSTM, LSTM-ATT) with traditional machine learning for weather-based DF forecasting.
- Utilized lagged DF incidence and meteorological variables (temperature, humidity, rainfall, evaporation, sunshine) for 20 Vietnamese provinces (1997-2013 training, 2014-2016 testing).
- Evaluated models using Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and Mean Absolute Error (MAE).
Main Results:
- Attention-enhanced LSTM (LSTM-ATT) demonstrated superior performance in forecasting DF incidence.
- LSTM-ATT outperformed standard LSTM in most provinces for both RMSE and MAE.
- The model accurately predicted DF incidence and outbreak months up to three months in advance.
Conclusions:
- Deep learning models, particularly LSTM-ATT, are effective for meteorological factor-based DF forecasting.
- LSTM-ATT shows potential for DF mitigation strategies and managing other climate-sensitive diseases.