The Prediction of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) with Multi-type Historical Data Based on LSTM

Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) has gradually become prevalent in mainland China since the first official report in 2008. The incidence of HFMD is increasing among children mainly aged zero to five. Thus how to monitor and prevent HFMD is becoming an important public health challenge. This study aims to build a forecasting framework of HFMD for two Chinese cities, Chengdu in Sichuan Province and Guangdong in Guangzhou Province based on LSTM, by utilizing clinical data of HFMD, meteorological factors, and Baidu index data. Our method achieves significant results