title: Database of host-pathogen and related species interactions, and their global distribution.
abstract: Interactions between species, particularly where one is likely to be a pathogen of the other, as well as the geographical distribution of species, have been systematically extracted from various web-based, free-access sources, and assembled with the accompanying evidence into a single database. The database attempts to answer questions such as what are all the pathogens of a host, and what are all the hosts of a pathogen, what are all the countries where a pathogen was found, and what are all the pathogens found in a country. Two datasets were extracted from the database, focussing on species interactions and species distribution, based on evidence published between 1950-2012. The quality of their evidence was checked and verified against well-known, alternative, datasets of pathogens infecting humans, domestic animals and wild mammals. The presented datasets provide a valuable resource for researchers of infectious diseases of humans and animals, including zoonoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool , Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston, Cheshire CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wardeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool , Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston, Cheshire CH64 7TE, UK ; Institute of Biological and Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University , Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth SY23 3DA, UK.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Risley
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool , Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston, Cheshire CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Marie Kirsty
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool , Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston, Cheshire CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Setzkorn
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool , Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston, Cheshire CH64 7TE, UK ; Health Protection Research Unit for Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool , Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston, Cheshire CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baylis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D016208:Databases, Factual; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D015047:Zoonoses