Mapping dengue risk in Singapore using Random Forest

• Main Authors: Ong, Janet, Liu, Xu, Rajarethinam, Jayanthi, Kok, Suet Yheng, Liang, Shaohong, Tang, Choon Siang, Cook, Alex R., Ng, Lee Ching, Yap, Grace
• Other Authors: Althouse, Benjamin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Dengue; Random Forest
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86281; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45235
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background Singapore experiences endemic dengue, with 2013 being the largest outbreak year known to date, culminating in 22,170 cases. Given the limited resources available, and that vector control is the key approach for prevention in Singapore, it is important that public health professionals know...