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Wardeh M, Risley C, McIntyre MK, et al. Database of host-pathogen and related species interactions, and their global distribution. Sci Data. 2015;2:150049doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.49.
Wardeh, M., Risley, C., McIntyre, M. K., Setzkorn, C., & Baylis, M. (2015). Database of host-pathogen and related species interactions, and their global distribution. Scientific data, 2150049. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.49
Wardeh, Maya, et al. "Database of host-pathogen and related species interactions, and their global distribution." Scientific data vol. 2 (2015): 150049. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.49
Wardeh M, Risley C, McIntyre MK, Setzkorn C, Baylis M. Database of host-pathogen and related species interactions, and their global distribution. Sci Data. 2015 Sep 15;2:150049. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.49. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26401317; PMCID: PMC4570150.
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Sci Data. 2015 Sep 15;2:150049. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.49. eCollection 2015.

Database of host-pathogen and related species interactions, and their global distribution.

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Maya Wardeh, Claire Risley, Marie Kirsty McIntyre, Christian Setzkorn, Matthew Baylis

Affiliations

  1. Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool , Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston, Cheshire CH64 7TE, UK.
  2. Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool , Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston, Cheshire CH64 7TE, UK ; Institute of Biological and Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University , Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth SY23 3DA, UK.
  3. Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool , Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston, Cheshire CH64 7TE, UK ; Health Protection Research Unit for Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool , Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston, Cheshire CH64 7TE, UK.

PMID: 26401317 PMCID: PMC4570150 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2015.49

Abstract

Interactions between species, particularly where one is likely to be a pathogen of the other, as well as the geographical distribution of species, have been systematically extracted from various web-based, free-access sources, and assembled with the accompanying evidence into a single database. The database attempts to answer questions such as what are all the pathogens of a host, and what are all the hosts of a pathogen, what are all the countries where a pathogen was found, and what are all the pathogens found in a country. Two datasets were extracted from the database, focussing on species interactions and species distribution, based on evidence published between 1950-2012. The quality of their evidence was checked and verified against well-known, alternative, datasets of pathogens infecting humans, domestic animals and wild mammals. The presented datasets provide a valuable resource for researchers of infectious diseases of humans and animals, including zoonoses.

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