title: Global database of leishmaniasis occurrence locations, 1960-2012.
abstract: The leishmaniases are neglected tropical diseases of significant public health importance. However, information on their global occurrence is disparate and sparse. This database represents an attempt to collate reported leishmaniasis occurrences from 1960 to 2012. Methodology for the collection of data from the literature, abstraction of case locations and data processing procedures are described here. In addition, strain archives and online data resources were accessed. A total of 12,563 spatially and temporally unique occurrences of both cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis comprise the database, ranging in geographic scale from villages to states. These data can be used for a variety of mapping and spatial analyses covering multiple resolutions.
authors.affiliation: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Pigott
authors.affiliation: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8916-5570
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Golding
authors.affiliation: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
authors.forename: Jane P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.affiliation: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
authors.forename: Katherine E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Battle
authors.affiliation: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
authors.forename: Kirsten A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Duda
authors.affiliation: University Montpellier 1 (UFR Médecine) & CNRS 5290/IRD 224 (UMR 'MiVEGEC'), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie , 34295 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Balard
authors.affiliation: University Montpellier 1 (UFR Médecine) & CNRS 5290/IRD 224 (UMR 'MiVEGEC'), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie , 34295 Montpellier, France ; CHRU de Montpellier, Centre National de Référence des Leishmanioses, Departement de Parasitologie-Mycologie , 34295 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bastien
authors.affiliation: University Montpellier 1 (UFR Médecine) & CNRS 5290/IRD 224 (UMR 'MiVEGEC'), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie , 34295 Montpellier, France ; CHRU de Montpellier, Centre National de Référence des Leishmanioses, Departement de Parasitologie-Mycologie , 34295 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Francine
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pratlong
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital , Boston, Massachusetts, USA ; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Brownstein
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital , Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Clark C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Freifeld
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital , Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Sumiko R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mekaru
authors.affiliation: ProMED-mail, International Society for Infectious Diseases , Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA ; University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655, USA.
authors.forename: Lawrence C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Madoff
authors.affiliation: Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Dylan B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: George
authors.affiliation: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
authors.forename: Monica F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.affiliation: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK ; Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Simon I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Hay
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology; D058069:Neglected Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011634:Public Health