ArticleInterdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases2025
Forecasting the Monkeypox Outbreak Using Limited Data: A Case Study of Thailand.
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Introduction: On August 14, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox (mpox) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Shortly thereafter, Thailand reported Asia's first confirmed case of the Clade Ib strain. Given Thailand's high international travel volume, anticipating short-term case trajectories is essential for situational awareness. Methods: We forecast monthly mpox cases using the Department of Disease Control (DDC) data from July 2022 to September 2024 and evaluate Poisson and negative binomial generalized linear models (GLMs), Holt-Winters exponential smoothing, NeuralProphet, and a stacked ensemble. Rolling-origin cross-validation was used to assess out-of-sample accuracy (MAE, RMSE, and MAPE) and empirical interval coverage (80% and 95%). Results: Holt-Winters provided the most accurate single-model forecasts by RMSE, while the stacked ensemble yielded the most reliable uncertainty calibration. Forecasts for October-December 2024 suggest relatively low case counts with non-negligible uncertainty, indicating the need for continued vigilance. Discussion: These findings are exploratory decision-support inputs that complement ongoing surveillance and may help inform adaptive planning under both low- and high-incidence scenarios.
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