Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Mapping malaria seasonality: a case study from Madagascar   Many malaria-endemic areas experience seasonal fluctuations in case incidence
as Anopheles mosquito and Plasmodium parasite life cycles respond to changing
environmental conditions. While most existing maps of malaria seasonality use
fixed thresholds of rainfall, temperature, and/or vegetation indices to
identify suitable transmission months, we develop a statistical modelling
framework for characterising the seasonal patterns derived directly from case
data.
  The procedure involves a spatiotemporal regression model for estimating the
monthly proportions of total annual cases and an algorithm to identify
operationally relevant characteristics such as the transmission start and peak
months. A seasonality index combines the monthly proportion estimates and
existing estimates of annual case incidence to provide a summary of "how
seasonal" locations are relative to their surroundings. An advancement upon
past seasonality mapping endeavours is the presentation of the uncertainty
associated with each map, which will enable policymakers to make more
statistically sound decisions. The methodology is illustrated using health
facility data from Madagascar.

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The categories of this paper are: acc-phys
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The categories of this paper are: q-alg
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The categories of this paper are: dg-ga
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ex
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The categories of this paper are: hep-lat
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The categories of this paper are: math
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The categories of this paper are: mtrl-th
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The categories of this paper are: chem-ph
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The categories of this paper are: physics
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The categories of this paper are: econ
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The categories of this paper are: q-bio
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The categories of this paper are: bayes-an
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The categories of this paper are: cs
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The categories of this paper are: astro-ph
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The categories of this paper are: gr-qc
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The categories of this paper are: cmp-lg