smallpox_abakaliki_1967: Smallpox in Abakaliki, Nigeria, 1967

In outbreaks: A Collection of Disease Outbreak Data

Description

These data comprise of 32 cases of smallpox in Abakaliki, Nigeria in 1967, first described by Thompson and Foege (1968), which occurred predominantly in a religious group that refused medical interventions.

Usage

smallpox_abakaliki_1967

Format

A data frame with 32 rows and 8 columns

case_ID

Case identification number

date_of_onset

Date of onset of symptoms

age

Age in years

gender

Gender: female (f) or male (m) (factor)

vaccinated

Previously vaccinated: no (n) or yes (y) (factor)

vaccscar

Vaccination scar present: no (n) or yes (y) (factor)

ftc

Member of the Faith Tabernacle: no (n) or yes (y) (factor)

compound

Compound number (factor)

Author(s)

Data from Thompson and Foege (1968). Transfer to R and documentation by Simon Frost
([e-mail]).

Source

http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/67462/1/WHO_SE_68.3.pdf

References

D. Thompson and W. Foege. 1968. Faith Tabernacle smallpox epidemic. Abakaliki, Nigeria. World Health Organization, 3:1–9

Examples

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