Deep learning hybrid model for analyzing and predicting the impact of imported malaria cases from Africa on the rise of Plasmodium falciparum in China before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Eric Kamana ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eric Kamana, Jijun Zhao

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Kameri16@yahoo.com (EK); jjzhao@qdu.edu.cn (JZ)

  Affiliation Complexity Science Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0829-4261

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• Jijun Zhao

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eric Kamana, Jijun Zhao

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Kameri16@yahoo.com (EK); jjzhao@qdu.edu.cn (JZ)

  Affiliation Complexity Science Institute, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2919-6559

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