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1. The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence

Author

Kraemer, Moritz UG, Sinka, Marianne E, Duda, Kirsten A, Mylne, Adrian, Shearer, Freya M, Brady, Oliver J, Messina, Jane P, Barker, Christopher M, Moore, Chester G, Carvalho, Roberta G, Coelho, Giovanini E, Van Bortel, Wim, Hendrickx, Guy, Schaffner, Francis, Wint, GR William, Elyazar, Iqbal RF, Teng, Hwa-Jen, and Hay, Simon I

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Prevention, Vaccine Related, Vector-Borne Diseases, Infectious Diseases, Biodefense, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Good Health and Well Being, Aedes, Animals, Chikungunya virus, Databases, Factual, Dengue, Dengue Virus, Humans, Insect Vectors
Abstract

Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are the main vectors transmitting dengue and chikungunya viruses. Despite being pathogens of global public health importance, knowledge of their vectors' global distribution remains patchy and sparse. A global geographic database of known occurrences of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus between 1960 and 2014 was compiled. Herein we present the database, which comprises occurrence data linked to point or polygon locations, derived from peer-reviewed literature and unpublished studies including national entomological surveys and expert networks. We describe all data collection processes, as well as geo-positioning methods, database management and quality-control procedures. This is the first comprehensive global database of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence, consisting of 19,930 and 22,137 geo-positioned occurrence records respectively. Both datasets can be used for a variety of mapping and spatial analyses of the vectors and, by inference, the diseases they transmit.

Published
2015

2. A comprehensive database of the geographic spread of past human Ebola outbreaks

Author

Mylne, Adrian, Brady, Oliver J, Huang, Zhi, Pigott, David M, Golding, Nick, Kraemer, Moritz UG, and Hay, Simon I

Subjects
Statistics and Probability, Library and Information Sciences, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Computer Science Applications, Education, Information Systems
Abstract

Ebola is a zoonotic filovirus that has the potential to cause outbreaks of variable magnitude in human populations. This database collates our existing knowledge of all known human outbreaks of Ebola for the first time by extracting details of their suspected zoonotic origin and subsequent human-to-human spread from a range of published and non-published sources. In total, 22 unique Ebola outbreaks were identified, composed of 117 unique geographic transmission clusters. Details of the index case and geographic spread of secondary and imported cases were recorded as well as summaries of patient numbers and case fatality rates. A brief text summary describing suspected routes and means of spread for each outbreak was also included. While we cannot yet include the ongoing Guinea and DRC outbreaks until they are over, these data and compiled maps can be used to gain an improved understanding of the initial spread of past Ebola outbreaks and help evaluate surveillance and control guidelines for limiting the spread of future epidemics.

Published
2014
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