The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence

Moritz U.G. Kraemer; Marianne E. Sinka; Kirsten Duda; Adrian Mylne; Freya M. Shearer; Oliver J. Brady; Jane P. Messina; Christopher M. Barker; Chester G. Moore; Roberta G. Carvalho; Giovanini E. Coelho; Wim Van Bortel; Guy Hendrickx; Francis Schaffner; G. R.William Wint; Iqbal R.F. Elyazar; Hwa Jen Teng; Simon I. Hay

doi:10.1038/sdata.2015.35

The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence

Moritz U.G. Kraemer
, Marianne E. Sinka
, Kirsten Duda
, Adrian Mylne
, Freya M. Shearer
, Oliver J. Brady
, Jane P. Messina
, Christopher M. Barker
, Chester G. Moore
, Roberta G. Carvalho
, Giovanini E. Coelho
, Wim Van Bortel
, Guy Hendrickx
, Francis Schaffner
, G. R.William Wint
, Iqbal R.F. Elyazar
, Hwa Jen Teng
, Simon I. Hay

University of Oxford
University of Washington
University of California at Davis
National Institutes of Health
Colorado State University
Ministério da Saúde do Brasil
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Avia-GIS NV
Taiwan Centers for Disease Control

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Abstract

Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are the main vectors transmitting dengue and chikungunya viruses. Despite being pathogens of global public health importance, knowledge of their vectors global distribution remains patchy and sparse. A global geographic database of known occurrences of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus between 1960 and 2014 was compiled. Herein we present the database, which comprises occurrence data linked to point or polygon locations, derived from peer-reviewed literature and unpublished studies including national entomological surveys and expert networks. We describe all data collection processes, as well as geo-positioning methods, database management and quality-control procedures. This is the first comprehensive global database of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence, consisting of 19,930 and 22,137 geo-positioned occurrence records respectively. Both datasets can be used for a variety of mapping and spatial analyses of the vectors and, by inference, the diseases they transmit.

Original language	English
Article number	150035
Journal	Scientific data
Volume	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.35
Publication status	Published - 7 Jul 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Kraemer, M. U. G., Sinka, M. E., Duda, K., Mylne, A., Shearer, F. M., Brady, O. J., Messina, J. P., Barker, C. M., Moore, C. G., Carvalho, R. G., Coelho, G. E., Van Bortel, W., Hendrickx, G., Schaffner, F., Wint, G. R. W., Elyazar, I. R. F., Teng, H. J., & Hay, S. I. (2015). The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence. Scientific data, 2, Article 150035. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.35

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