campylobacter_infections_ts: Campylobacter Infections Time Series

In DigestiveDataSets: A Curated Collection of Digestive System and Gastrointestinal Disease Datasets

Campylobacter Infections Time Series

Description

This dataset, campylobacter_infections_ts, is a time series object containing the number of cases of campylobacter infections in northern Quebec (Canada), recorded in four-week intervals from January 1990 to October 2000. Campylobacterosis is an acute bacterial infectious disease attacking the digestive system.

Usage

data(campylobacter_infections_ts)

Format

A time series object ('ts') with 140 observations:

Start

c(1990, 1)

End

c(2000, 10)

Frequency

13 (observations per year)

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'campylobacter_infections_ts' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the DigestiveDataSets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'ts' indicates that the dataset is a time series object. The original content has not been modified in any way.

Source

Data taken from the tscount package version 1.4.3. Original source: Ferland, R., Latour, A. and Oraichi, D., "Integer-valued GARCH process". Journal of Time Series Analysis, 2006; 27(6): 923–942.

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