MERS_2013_MEregion {modelSSE}

A dataset of MERS outbreaks in the Middle East region

Description

This dataset (i.e., MERS_2013_MEregion) contains 55 observations of final outbreak size generated by given numbers of seed cases, which were collected in Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreaks in the Middle East (ME) regions in 2013.

Usage

MERS_2013_MEregion

Format

A data frame (data.frame) with 55 rows of records, and 3 columns of variables:

obs.seed

Observations of the number of seed cases that generated the outbreak.

obs.finalsize

Observations of final outbreak size generated by given numbers (given in obs.seed) of seed cases.

type

A categorical variable takes the value "outbreaksize" indicating the type of observations.

References

Poletto C, Pelat C, Levy-Bruhl D, Yazdanpanah Y, Boelle PY, Colizza V. Assessment of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) epidemic in the Middle East and risk of international spread using a novel maximum likelihood analysis approach. Eurosurveillance. 2014;19(23):20824. doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.23.20824, see the "baseline" column in Table 1 for the raw data.

Kucharski AJ, Althaus CL. The role of superspreading in Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) transmission. Eurosurveillance. 2015;20(25):21167. doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.25.21167

Examples

data(MERS_2013_MEregion)
summary(MERS_2013_MEregion)