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Forecasting the monthly incidence rate of brucellosis in west of Iran using time series and data mining from 2010 to 2019

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  • Hadi Bagheri
  • Leili Tapak
  • Manoochehr Karami
  • Zahra Hosseinkhani
  • Hamidreza Najari
  • Safdar Karimi
  • Zahra Cheraghi

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Background: The identification of statistical models for the accurate forecast and timely determination of the outbreak of infectious diseases is very important for the healthcare system. Thus, this study was conducted to assess and compare the performance of four machine-learning methods in modeling and forecasting brucellosis time series data based on climatic parameters. Methods: In this cohort study, human brucellosis cases and climatic parameters were analyzed on a monthly basis for the Qazvin province–located in northwestern Iran- over a period of 9 years (2010–2018). The data were classified into two subsets of education (80%) and testing (20%). Artificial neural network methods (radial basis function and multilayer perceptron), support vector machine and random forest were fitted to each set. Performance analysis of the models were done using the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Mean Absolute Root Error (MARE), and R2 criteria. Results: The incidence rate of the brucellosis in Qazvin province was 27.43 per 100,000 during 2010–2019. Based on our results, the values of the RMSE (0.22), MAE (0.175), MARE (0.007) criteria were smaller for the multilayer perceptron neural network than their values in the other three models. Moreover, the R2 (0.99) value was bigger in this model. Therefore, the multilayer perceptron neural network exhibited better performance in forecasting the studied data. The average wind speed and mean temperature were the most effective climatic parameters in the incidence of this disease. Conclusions: The multilayer perceptron neural network can be used as an effective method in detecting the behavioral trend of brucellosis over time. Nevertheless, further studies focusing on the application and comparison of these methods are needed to detect the most appropriate forecast method for this disease.

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  • Hadi Bagheri & Leili Tapak & Manoochehr Karami & Zahra Hosseinkhani & Hamidreza Najari & Safdar Karimi & Zahra Cheraghi, 2020. "Forecasting the monthly incidence rate of brucellosis in west of Iran using time series and data mining from 2010 to 2019," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(5), pages 1-18, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0232910
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232910
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    1. Xingyu Zhang & Tao Zhang & Jiao Pei & Yuanyuan Liu & Xiaosong Li & Pau Medrano-Gracia, 2016. "Time Series Modelling of Syphilis Incidence in China from 2005 to 2012," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(2), pages 1-18, February.
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    1. Zhang, Zhenzhen & Ma, Xia & Zhang, Yongxin & Sun, Guiquan & Zhang, Zi-Ke, 2023. "Identifying critical driving factors for human brucellosis in Inner Mongolia, China," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 626(C).

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