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<journal-id>1679-4974</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1679-4974</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente - Ministério da Saúde do Brasil]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1679-49742021000400600</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1590/s1679-49742021000400012</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Boletim COVID-PA: relatos sobre projeções baseadas em inteligência artificial no enfrentamento da pandemia de COVID-19 no estado do Pará]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Boletín COVID-PA: informes de proyecciones basadas en inteligencia artificial para enfrentar la pandemia COVID-19 en el estado de Pará, Brasil]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[COVID-PA Bulletin: reports on artificial intelligence-based forecasting in coping with COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Pará, Brazil]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Souza Jr.]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gilberto Nerino de]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Braga]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcus de Barros]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodrigues]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luana Lorena Silva]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernandes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael da Silva]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rommel Thiago Jucá]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carneiro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Adriana Ribeiro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Brito]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Silvana Rossy de]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dolácio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cícero Jorge Fonseca]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tavares Jr.]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ivaldo da Silva]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Noronha]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fernando Napoleão]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pinheiro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Raphael Rodrigues]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Diniz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hugo Alex Carneiro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Botelho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcel do Nascimento]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vallinoto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Antonio Carlos Rosário]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rocha]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jonas Elias Castro da]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia Campus Paragominas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Paragominas Pará]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santarém PA]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia Campus Parauapebas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Parauapebas Pará]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal do Pará Instituto de Ciências Biológicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Belém PA]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
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<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia Instituto Ciberespacial ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Belém PA]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal do Paraná Departamento de Engenharia e Tecnologia Florestal ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Curitiba PR]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af7">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal de Viçosa Departamento de Engenharia Florestal ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Viçosa MG]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af8">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia Campus Belém ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Belém PA]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af9">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará Instituto de Ciências da Educação ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santarém PA]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="A10">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia Instituto Socioambiental e dos Recursos Hídricos ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Belém PA]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>31</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>31</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iec.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1679-49742021000400600&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iec.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1679-49742021000400600&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iec.gov.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1679-49742021000400600&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo  Objetivo: Relatar o produto de pesquisa e extensão universitária denominado Boletim COVID-PA, que apresentou projeções sobre o comportamento da pandemia no estado do Pará, Brasil.  Métodos: Utilizou-se da técnica de inteligência artificial conhecida como &#8216;redes neurais artificiais&#8217;, para geração de 13 boletins com projeções de curto prazo baseadas nos dados históricos do sistema da Secretaria de Estado de Saúde Pública.  Resultados: Após oito meses de projeções, a técnica gerou resultados confiáveis, com precisão média de 97% (147 dias observados) para casos confirmados, 96% (161 dias observados) para óbitos e 86% (72 dias observados) para ocupação de leitos de unidade de terapia intensiva.  Conclusão: Esses boletins tornaram-se um instrumento útil para a tomada de decisão de gestores públicos, auxiliando na realocação de recursos hospitalares e otimização das estratégias de controle da COVID-19 nas diversas regiões do estado do Pará.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivo: Reporte el resultado de la investigación y extensión universitaria denominada &#8216;Boletim COVID-PA&#8217; que presentó proyecciones sobre el comportamiento de la pandemia en el estado de Pará, con un enfoque práctico y computacionalmente eficiente.  Métodos: Fue utilizada una técnica de inteligencia artificial denominadas Redes Neurales para generar trece boletines con proyecciones basado en datos históricos del sistema de la Secretaría de Salud Pública.  Resultados: Después de ocho meses de previsiones, la técnica genero resultados confiables con una precisión promedio de 97% (147 días observados) para casos confirmados, 96% (161 días observados) para los fallecimientos y 86% (72 días observados) para la ocupación de camas en las unidades de cuidados intensivos.  Conclusión: Estos boletines se convirtieron en una herramienta para la toma de decisiones, auxiliando en la redistribución de recursos en los hospitales en el estado de Pará.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Objective: To report the university extension research result entitled &#8216;The COVID-PA Bulletin&#8217;, which presented forecasts on the behavior of the pandemic in the state of Pará, Brazil.  Methods: The artificial intelligence technique also known as 'artificial neural networks' was used to generate 13 bulletins with short-term forecasts based on historical data from the State Department of Public Health information system.  Results: After eight months of predictions, the technique generated reliable results, with an average accuracy of 97% (observed for147 days) for confirmed cases, 96% (observed for 161 days) for deaths and 86% (observed for 72 days) for Intensive Care Unit bed occupancy.  Conclusion: These bulletins have become a useful decision-making tool for public managers, assisting in the reallocation of hospital resources and optimization of COVID-19 control strategies in various regions of the state of Pará.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Inteligência Artificial]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Tomada de Decisões]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Forecast]]></kwd>
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