Climate has been an important factor in shaping the distribution and incidence of dengue cases in tropical and subtropical countries. In Costa Rica, a tropical country with distinctive micro-climates, dengue has been endemic since its introduction in 1993, inflicting substantial economic, social, and public health repercussions. Using the number of dengue reported cases and climate data from 2007-2017, we fitted a prediction model applying a Generalized Additive Model (GAM) and Random Forest (RF) approach, which allowed us to retrospectively predict the relative risk of dengue in five climatological diverse municipalities around the country.
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Vásquez, P., Loría, A., Sánchez, F., & Barboza, L. A. (2019). Climate-driven statistical models as effective predictors of local dengue incidence in costa rica: a generalized additive model and random forest approach. Revista de Matemática: Teoría y Aplicaciones, 27(1), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.15517/rmta.v27i1.39931
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