Application of a Hybrid Model for Predicting the Incidence of Tuberculosis in Hubei, China

Guoliang Zhang; Shuqiong Huang; Qionghong Duan; Wen Shu; Yongchun Hou; Shiyu Zhu; Xiaoping Miao; Shaofa Nie; Sheng Wei; Nan Guo; Hua Shan; Yihua Xu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080969

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Application of a Hybrid Model for Predicting the Incidence of Tuberculosis in Hubei, China

Guoliang Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Shuqiong Huang,

Affiliation Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China
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Qionghong Duan,

Affiliation Tuberculosis Institute for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention of Wuhan City, Wuhan, China
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Wen Shu,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Yongchun Hou,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Shiyu Zhu,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Xiaoping Miao,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Shaofa Nie,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Sheng Wei,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Nan Guo,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Hua Shan,

Affiliation Division of Blood Transfusion, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Yihua Xu

* E-mail: xuyihua_6@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Application of a Hybrid Model for Predicting the Incidence of Tuberculosis in Hubei, China

Guoliang Zhang,
Shuqiong Huang,
Qionghong Duan,
Wen Shu,
Yongchun Hou,
Shiyu Zhu,
Xiaoping Miao,
Shaofa Nie,
Sheng Wei,
Nan Guo

Published: November 6, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080969

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