R/loaloa.R

##' @title Loa loa prevalence data from 197 village surveys
##' @description This data-set relates to a study of the prevalence of Loa loa (eyeworm) in a series of surveys undertaken in 197 villages in west Africa (Cameroon and southern Nigeria).
##' The variables are as follows:
##' 
##' \itemize{
##'   \item ROW row id: 1 to 197.
##'   \item VILLCODE village id. 
##'   \item LONGITUDE Longitude in degrees.
##'   \item LATITUDE Latitude in degrees.
##'   \item NO_EXAM Number of people tested.
##'   \item NO_INF Number of positive test results.
##'   \item ELEVATION Height above sea-level in metres.
##'   \item MEAN9901 Mean of all NDVI values recorded at village location, 1999-2001
##'   \item MAX9901 Maximum of all NDVI values recorded at village location, 1999-2001
##'   \item MIN9901 Minimum of all NDVI values recorded at village location, 1999-2001
##'   \item MIN9901 Minimum of all NDVI values recorded at village location, 1999-2001
##'   \item STDEV9901 standard deviation of all NDVI values recorded at village location, 1999-2001
##' }
##' 
##' @references Diggle, P.J., Thomson, M.C., Christensen, O.F., Rowlingson, B., Obsomer, V., Gardon, J., Wanji, S., Takougang, I., Enyong, P., Kamgno, J., Remme, H., Boussinesq, M. and Molyneux, D.H. (2007). Spatial modelling and prediction of Loa loa risk: decision making under uncertainty. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 101, 499-509. 
##' @docType data
##' @keywords datasets
##' @name loaloa
##' @usage data(loaloa)
##' @format A data frame with 197 rows and 11 variables
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