The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence

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 a...

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Published inScientific data Vol. 2; no. 1; p. 150035
Main Authors Kraemer, Moritz U. G., 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, G. R. William, Elyazar, Iqbal R. F., Teng, Hwa-Jen, Hay, Simon I.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 07.07.2015
Nature Publishing Group
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631/326/596/1413
631/601/1466
692/499
704/158/1469
Aedes
Aedes aegypti
Animals
Chikungunya virus
Data Descriptor
Databases, Factual
Dengue - epidemiology
Dengue - transmission
Dengue Virus
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Insect Vectors
multidisciplinary
Science
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Summary: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which comprises occurrence data linked to point or polygon locations, derived from peer-reviewed literature and unpublished studies including national entomological surveys and expert networks.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. Design Type(s) observation design • epidemiological study • data integration objective Measurement Type(s) viral host epidemiology Technology Type(s) data collection method Factor Type(s) Sample Characteristic(s) Aedes aegypti • Aedes albopictus • anthropogenic habitat Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data (ISA-Tab format)
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M.U.G.K. drafted the manuscript with editorial input from J.P.M. and S.I.H. and approval from all authors. M.E.S. coordinated and compiled the data collection. K.A.D., A.M., M.U.G.K. and F.M.S. compiled the data records. M.U.G.K. performed database standardisation and technical validation. C.M.B., C.G.M., R.G.C., G.E.C., I.R.F.E., H.J.T., W.V.B., F.S., G.H., O.J.B. and G.R.W.W. provided additional data and geo-positioning. S.I.H. conceived the database design and advised on standardisation and validation procedures.
ISSN:2052-4463
2052-4463
DOI:10.1038/sdata.2015.35