title: [Application of artificial neural networks in infectious diseases].
abstract: With the development of information technology, artificial neural networks has been applied to many research fields. Due to the special features such as nonlinearity, self-adaptation, and parallel processing, artificial neural networks are applied in medicine and biology. This review summarizes the application of artificial neural networks in the relative factors, prediction and diagnosis of infectious diseases in recent years.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
authors.forename: Jun-fang
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiao-nong
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer