sars_canada_df: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Canada, 2003

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Canada, 2003

Description

This dataset, sars_canada_df, is a data frame containing information on the daily incidence of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) cases in Canada during the 2003 outbreak. The data include new cases attributed to travel, household transmission, healthcare settings, and other sources.

Usage

data(sars_canada_df)

Format

A data frame with 110 observations and 5 variables:

date

Date object representing the reporting date

cases_travel

Integer vector indicating new SARS cases linked to travel

cases_household

Integer vector indicating new SARS cases from household transmission

cases_healthcare

Integer vector indicating new SARS cases from healthcare settings

cases_other

Integer vector indicating new SARS cases from other or unknown sources

Details

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

Source

Data taken from the outbreaks package version 1.9.0

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