| dengue_yap_2011 {outbreaks} | R Documentation |
Dengue on the Yap Main Islands, Micronesia, 2011
Description
These data describe incidence of clincal cases of Dengue on the Yap Main Islands, Micronesia.
Usage
dengue_yap_2011
Format
A data frame with 185 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 2011-07-07 to 2012-04-12, over which time a total of 978 cases were reported among 7391 residents. Suspected Dengue cases were identified by the Yap Department of Health, using the WHO (2009) case definition. A small proportion of cases (9 time series for the Yap Main Islands. Dengue virus serotype 2 was confirmed by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction by the CDC Dengue Branch, Puerto Rico.
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_yap_2011)