title: The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence.
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which comprises occurrence data linked to point or polygon locations, derived from peer-reviewed literature and unpublished studies including national entomological surveys and expert networks.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.
authors.affiliation: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
authors.forename: Moritz U G
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,University of Oxford , Oxford, UK ; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington , Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: Marianne E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sinka
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: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,University of Oxford , Oxford, UK ; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington , Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mylne
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,University of Oxford , Oxford, UK ; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington , Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: Freya M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Shearer
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,University of Oxford , Oxford, UK ; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington , Seattle, USA.
authors.forename: Oliver J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Brady
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: Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California , Davis, CA, USA ; Center for Vectorborne Diseases, University of California , Davis, CA, USA ; Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Chester G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: National Dengue Control Program, Ministry of Health , Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Roberta G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: National Dengue Control Program, Ministry of Health , Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giovanini E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control , Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Van Bortel
authors.affiliation: Avia-GIS , Zoersel, Belgium.
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hendrickx
authors.affiliation: Avia-GIS , Zoersel, Belgium.
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schaffner
authors.affiliation: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK ; Environmental Research Group Oxford Ltd, Department of Zoology , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
authors.forename: G R William
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Wint
authors.affiliation: Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit , Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Iqbal R F
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Elyazar
authors.affiliation: Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control , Taipei, Taiwan (ROC).
authors.forename: Hwa-Jen
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Teng
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: D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D002646:Chikungunya virus; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D003716:Dengue Virus; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors