Spatiotemporal incidence of Zika and associated environmental drivers for the 2015-2016 epidemic in Colombia.

ABSTRACT: Despite a long history of mosquito-borne virus epidemics in the Americas, the impact of the Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic of 2015-2016 was unexpected. The need for scientifically informed decision-making is driving research to understand the emergence and spread of ZIKV. To support that research, we assembled a data set of key covariates for modeling ZIKV transmission dynamics in Colombia, where ZIKV transmission was widespread and the government made incidence data publically available. On a weekly basis between January 1, 2014 and October 1, 2016 at three administrative levels, we collated spatiotemporal Zika incidence data, nine environmental variables, and demographic data into a single downloadable database. These new datasets and those we identified, processed, and assembled at comparab

SUBMITTER: Siraj AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5914286 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature