Dated snapshot of fictional case linelist data simulating properties from the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014

A dated snapshot (2020-10-08) of fictional case linelist data simulating properties from the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014, prepared for an iteration/loops example folder.

Usage

example_case_linelist_2020_10_08

Format

A data frame with 6611 rows and 28 columns

Source

This data was originally added to the outbreaks package, extensive edits have been made for teaching purposes. Within this package the original dataset is example_case_linelist_2020-10-08.xlsx.

This is version 1.0.

This dataset is English.

This dataset is licensed under MIT

Details

Same content as linelist_raw / case_linelists_linelist_raw, repackaged as one file in a dated series intended to demonstrate reading in and combining multiple files.

References

WHO Ebola Response Team. 2014. Ebola virus disease in West Africa–the first 9 months of the epidemic and forward projections. The New England journal of medicine 371:1481–1495 doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1411100