Geopositioned Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Occurrences Database 1983-2017

This dataset contains 882 unique occurrences of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) extracted from 217 reports published between October 2012 and February 2018. Occurrences of MERS-CoV among humans, mammals, and environmental sources were extracted and geopositioned to the highest resolution possible (up to 5x5km). Special attention was given to spillover events (i.e., humans becoming infected from mammals). Thus, MERS-CoV occurrences meeting the criteria for index or unspecified cases are assigned their own rows; alternatively, multiple mammal, import, or secondary cases are collapsed to one row in the dataset.

Keywords

Incidence, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

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Contributors

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

Funders

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)

Publisher

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

Publication year

2019

Suggested citation

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Geopositioned Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Occurrences Database 1983-2017. Seattle, United States of America: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2019.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.6069/N5XV-NY70

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IHME data publication date

Jul 10, 2019

GHDx Entry last modified on: Jun 27, 2025

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