A database of geopositioned Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus occurrences

As a World Health Organization Research and Development Blueprint priority pathogen, there is a need to better understand the geographic distribution of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and its potential to infect mammals and humans. This database documents cases of MERS-CoV globally, with specific attention paid to zoonotic transmission. An initial literature search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus; after screening articles according to the inclusion/exclusion criteria, a total of 208 sources were selected for extraction and geo-positioning. Each MERS-CoV occurrence was assigned one of the following classifications based upon published contextual information: index, unspecified, secondary, mammal, environmental, or imported. In total, this database is comprised of 861 unique geo-positioned MERS-CoV occurrences. The purpose of this article is to share a collated MERS-CoV database and extraction protocol that can be utilized in future mapping efforts for both MERS-CoV and other infectious diseases. More broadly, it may also provide useful data for the development of targeted MERS-CoV surveillance, which would prove invaluable in preventing future zoonotic spillover.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Scientific data - 6(2019), 1 vom: 13. Dez., Seite 318

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ramshaw, Rebecca E [VerfasserIn]
Letourneau, Ian D [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Amy Y [VerfasserIn]
Hon, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Morgan, Julia D [VerfasserIn]
Osborne, Joshua C P [VerfasserIn]
Shirude, Shreya [VerfasserIn]
Van Kerkhove, Maria D [VerfasserIn]
Hay, Simon I [VerfasserIn]
Pigott, David M [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 10.09.2020

Date Revised 10.01.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41597-019-0330-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM304378003