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      Time-series analysis of tuberculosis from 2005 to 2017 in China

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      Epidemiology and Infection
      Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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          Seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) has been used to model nationwide tuberculosis (TB) incidence in other countries. This study aimed to characterise monthly TB notification rate in China. Monthly TB notification rate from 2005 to 2017 was used. Time-series analysis was based on a SARIMA model and a hybrid model of SARIMA-generalised regression neural network (GRNN) model. A decreasing trend (3.17% per years, P < 0.01) and seasonal variation of TB notification rate were found from 2005 to 2016 in China, with a predominant peak in spring. A SARIMA model of ARIMA (0,1,1) (0,1,1) 12 was identified. The mean error rate of the single SARIMA model and the SARIMA–GRNN combination model was 6.07% and 2.56%, and the determination coefficient was 0.73 and 0.94, respectively. The better performance of the SARIMA–GRNN combination model was further confirmed with the forecasting dataset (2017). TB is a seasonal disease in China, with a predominant peak in spring, and the trend of TB decreased by 3.17% per year. The SARIMA–GRNN model was more effective than the widely used SARIMA model at predicting TB incidence.

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                Journal
                Epidemiology and Infection
                Epidemiol. Infect.
                Cambridge University Press (CUP)
                0950-2688
                1469-4409
                June 2018
                April 30 2018
                June 2018
                : 146
                : 8
                : 935-939
                Article
                10.1017/S0950268818001115
                29708082
                78cf5f95-43b8-4146-99ad-801b25479ef6
                © 2018

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