| dengue_fais_2011 {outbreaks} | R Documentation |
Dengue on the island of Fais, Micronesia, 2011
Description
These data describe incidence of clincal cases of Dengue on the island of Fais, Micronesia.
Usage
dengue_fais_2011
Format
A data frame with 57 rows and 3 columns
- onset_date
Date
- nr
Days after starting date
- value
Number of cases
The data on Dengue incidence reported by Funk et al. (2016) cover the period from 2011-09-15 to 2012-02-14, over which time a total of 157 clinical cases were reported among 294 residents. The first reported case is thought to be the index case. The population of Fais is concentrated in a single population centre, and is thought to have been immunologically naive at the time of infection.
Author(s)
Data from Funk et al. (2016), provided by Sebastian Funk (github.com/sbnfunk). Transfer to R and documentation by Finlay Campbell (finlaycampbell93@gmail.com).
Source
Funk et al. (2016)
References
S. Funk, et al. 2016. Comparative Analysis of Dengue and Zika Outbreaks Reveals Differences by Setting and Virus. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10(12), e0005173. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005173
Examples
## show first few weeks of Dengue incidence
head(dengue_fais_2011)