Challenges in Real-Time Prediction of Infectious Disease: A Case Study of Dengue in Thailand.

• Main Authors: Nicholas G Reich (Author), Stephen A Lauer (Author), Krzysztof Sakrejda (Author), Sopon Iamsirithaworn (Author), Soawapak Hinjoy (Author), Paphanij Suangtho (Author), Suthanun Suthachana (Author), Hannah E Clapham (Author), Henrik Salje (Author), Derek A T Cummings (Author), Justin Lessler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Epidemics of communicable diseases place a huge burden on public health infrastructures across the world. Producing accurate and actionable forecasts of infectious disease incidence at short and long time scales will improve public health response to outbreaks. However, scientists and public health...