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Summary
Meteorological factors like sunshine and rainfall significantly improve Hepatitis E incidence prediction. Attention-based LSTM models incorporating these factors enhance accuracy, offering a valuable tool for public health surveillance.
Area of Science:
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Environmental Science
Background:
- Infectious diseases pose a significant threat to public health, necessitating accurate incidence prediction.
- Traditional prediction models relying solely on historical data yield suboptimal results.
- This study investigates the impact of meteorological factors on Hepatitis E incidence to enhance predictive accuracy.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the correlation between meteorological factors and Hepatitis E incidence.
- To develop and evaluate advanced prediction models for Hepatitis E.
- To improve the accuracy of infectious disease forecasting.
Main Methods:
- Extracted monthly meteorological data and Hepatitis E incidence/case data (2005-2017) from Shandong, China.
- Employed Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) to identify key meteorological factors.
- Utilized Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and attention-based LSTM models for prediction, with data split for training and validation.
Main Results:
- Sunshine duration and rainfall were identified as highly relevant meteorological factors.
- Models incorporating meteorological data showed improved prediction accuracy, with Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) reduced by approximately 7.83% for incidence and 7.92% for cases.
- Attention-based LSTM models, particularly with multivariate attention, demonstrated superior performance compared to baseline LSTM and non-attention models.
Conclusions:
- Attention-based LSTM models significantly outperform other comparative models in predicting Hepatitis E incidence.
- The integration of meteorological factors, especially through multivariate and temporal attention mechanisms, substantially enhances prediction accuracy.
- Findings provide a valuable reference for predicting other infectious diseases, highlighting the importance of environmental factors.