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Smallpox in Abakaliki, Nigeria, 1967
Description
These data comprise of 32 cases of smallpox in Abakaliki, Nigeria in 1967, first described by Thompson and Foege (1968), which occurred predominantly in a religious group that refused medical interventions.
Usage
smallpox_abakaliki_1967
Format
A data frame with 32 rows and 8 columns
- case_ID
Case identification number
- date_of_onset
Date of onset of symptoms
- age
Age in years
- gender
Gender: female (f) or male (m) (factor)
- vaccinated
Previously vaccinated: no (n) or yes (y) (factor)
- vaccscar
Vaccination scar present: no (n) or yes (y) (factor)
- ftc
Member of the Faith Tabernacle: no (n) or yes (y) (factor)
- compound
Compound number (factor)
Author(s)
Data from Thompson and Foege (1968).
Transfer to R and documentation by Simon Frost
(sdwfrost@gmail.com).
Source
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/67462/1/WHO_SE_68.3.pdf
References
D. Thompson and W. Foege. 1968. Faith Tabernacle smallpox epidemic. Abakaliki, Nigeria. World Health Organization, 3:1–9
Examples
## show first few cases
head(smallpox_abakaliki_1967)