A Data Mining Approach to Identify Climatic Determinants of Dengue Fever Patterns in French Guiana

Authors

  • Claude Flamand Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne
  • Mickael Fabregue LIRMM, CNRS, UMR 5506, Montpellier
  • Sandra Bringay MIAp Department, University Paul-Valery, Montpellier
  • Vanessa Ardillon Regional Epidemiology unit of Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Cayenne
  • Philippe Quenel Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne
  • Jeane-Claude Desenclos Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Paris
  • Maguelonne Teisseire Laboratory Department of Information System, Irstea-TETIS, Montpellier

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5011

Abstract

We applied sequential pattern extraction to identify the most important climatic factors related to dengue fever in French Guiana.  Our findings suggest that the local climate has major effects on the occurrence of dengue epidemics in French Guiana and highlight the utility of the data mining approach to analyze disease surveillance data on a temporal and a spatial scale in relation to climatic, social and environmental variables.  This study is a first step of a data mining project which will help to better understand and accurately predict temporal dynamics of dengue fever in French Guiana. 

Author Biography

Claude Flamand, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne

Graduated in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Claude FLAMAND is an alumnus of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance here he followed the Field Epidemiology Training Program before to work as epidemiologist at the Regional Epidemiology unit of French Guiana where he became a specialist in public health and tropical and infectious disease surveillance. In 2013, he joined the Epidemiology unit of the Institute Pasteur of French Guiana where is now doing a PhD on environmental and climatic determinants of dengue fever.  

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Published

2014-03-03

How to Cite

Flamand, C., Fabregue, M., Bringay, S., Ardillon, V., Quenel, P., Desenclos, J.-C., & Teisseire, M. (2014). A Data Mining Approach to Identify Climatic Determinants of Dengue Fever Patterns in French Guiana. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5011

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