title: A global compendium of human Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus occurrence.
abstract: In order to map global disease risk, a geographic database of human Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) occurrence was produced by surveying peer-reviewed literature and case reports, as well as informal online sources. Here we present this database, comprising occurrence data linked to geographic point or polygon locations dating from 1953 to 2013. We fully describe all data collection, geo-positioning, database management and quality-control procedures. This is the most comprehensive database of confirmed CCHF occurrence in humans to-date, containing 1,721 geo-positioned occurrences in total.
authors.affiliation: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , 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 , 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 , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
authors.forename: Kirsten A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Duda
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Brownstein
authors.affiliation: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , 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 , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
authors.forename: Dylan B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: George
authors.affiliation: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , 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: D016208:Databases, Factual; D062305:Geographic Mapping; D003225:Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006479:Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans