Yi Chunlin, Vajdi Aram, Ferdousi Tanvir, Cohnstaedt Lee W, Scoglio Caterina
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA.
National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA.
Pathogens. 2023 May 29;12(6):771. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12060771.
Dengue fever remains a significant public health concern in many tropical and subtropical countries, and there is still a need for a system that can effectively combine global risk assessment with timely incidence forecasting. This research describes an integrated application called PICTUREE-Aedes, which can collect and analyze dengue-related data, display simulation results, and forecast outbreak incidence. PICTUREE-Aedes automatically updates global temperature and precipitation data and contains historical records of dengue incidence (1960-2012) and mosquito occurrences (1960-2014) in its database. The application utilizes a mosquito population model to estimate mosquito abundance, dengue reproduction number, and dengue risk. To predict future dengue outbreak incidence, PICTUREE-Aedes applies various forecasting techniques, including the ensemble Kalman filter, recurrent neural network, particle filter, and super ensemble forecast, which are all based on user-entered case data. The PICTUREE-Aedes' risk estimation identifies favorable conditions for potential dengue outbreaks, and its forecasting accuracy is validated by available outbreak data from Cambodia.
登革热在许多热带和亚热带国家仍然是一个重大的公共卫生问题,仍然需要一个能够将全球风险评估与及时的发病率预测有效结合的系统。本研究描述了一种名为PICTUREE-伊蚊的综合应用程序,它可以收集和分析登革热相关数据,显示模拟结果,并预测疫情发病率。PICTUREE-伊蚊会自动更新全球温度和降水数据,其数据库包含登革热发病率(1960 - 2012年)和蚊虫出现情况(1960 - 2014年)的历史记录。该应用程序利用蚊虫种群模型来估计蚊虫数量、登革热繁殖数和登革热风险。为了预测未来登革热疫情发病率,PICTUREE-伊蚊应用了各种预测技术,包括集合卡尔曼滤波器、递归神经网络、粒子滤波器和超级集合预测,这些技术均基于用户输入的病例数据。PICTUREE-伊蚊的风险评估确定了潜在登革热疫情的有利条件,其预测准确性通过柬埔寨现有的疫情数据得到了验证。