MERSKorea2015_list: Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea, 2015
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MERSKorea2015_list

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Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea, 2015

Description

This dataset, MERSKorea2015_list, is a list containing two data frames with information collected during the first weeks of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) outbreak in South Korea in 2015. The data was initially gathered by the Epidemic Intelligence group at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

Usage

data(MERSKorea2015_list)

Format

A list of 2 elements:

linelist

A data frame with 162 observations and 15 variables:

id: Case identifier (character)
age: Age of the individual (integer)
age_class: Age class of the individual (character)
sex: Sex of the individual (factor with 2 levels)
place_infect: Place of infection (factor with 2 levels)
reporting_ctry: Reporting country (factor with 2 levels)
loc_hosp: Location or hospital (factor with 13 levels)
dt_onset: Date of symptom onset (Date)
dt_report: Date of case report (Date)
week_report: Week of report (factor with 5 levels)
dt_start_exp: Start date of exposure (Date)
dt_end_exp: End date of exposure (Date)
dt_diag: Date of diagnosis (Date)
outcome: Outcome of the case (factor with 2 levels)
dt_death: Date of death, if applicable (Date)

contacts

A data frame with 98 observations and 4 variables:

from: ID of the source case (character)
to: ID of the contact case (character)
exposure: Type of exposure (factor with 5 levels)
diff_dt_onset: Difference in days between onset dates (integer)

Details

The dataset name has been kept as 'MERSKorea2015_list' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the SouthKoreAPIs package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'list' indicates that the object is a list containing multiple related data frames. The original content has not been modified in any way.