The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence

doi:10.1038/sdata.2015.35

. 2015 Jul 7:2:150035.

doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.35. eCollection 2015.

The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence

Moritz U G Kraemer¹, Marianne E Sinka², Kirsten A Duda¹, Adrian Mylne², Freya M Shearer², Oliver J Brady², Jane P Messina¹, Christopher M Barker³, Chester G Moore⁴, Roberta G Carvalho⁵, Giovanini E Coelho⁵, Wim Van Bortel⁶, Guy Hendrickx⁷, Francis Schaffner⁷, G R William Wint⁸, Iqbal R F Elyazar⁹, Hwa-Jen Teng¹⁰, Simon I Hay¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
² Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,University of Oxford , Oxford, UK ; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington , Seattle, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California , Davis, CA, USA ; Center for Vectorborne Diseases, University of California , Davis, CA, USA ; Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO, USA.
⁵ National Dengue Control Program, Ministry of Health , Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
⁶ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control , Stockholm, Sweden.
⁷ Avia-GIS , Zoersel, Belgium.
⁸ Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK ; Environmental Research Group Oxford Ltd, Department of Zoology , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
⁹ Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit , Jakarta, Indonesia.
¹⁰ Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control , Taipei, Taiwan (ROC).
¹¹ Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK ; Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.

PMID: 26175912
PMCID: PMC4493829
DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2015.35

The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence

Moritz U G Kraemer et al. Sci Data. 2015.

. 2015 Jul 7:2:150035.

doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.35. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
² Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics,University of Oxford , Oxford, UK ; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington , Seattle, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California , Davis, CA, USA ; Center for Vectorborne Diseases, University of California , Davis, CA, USA ; Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO, USA.
⁵ National Dengue Control Program, Ministry of Health , Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
⁶ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control , Stockholm, Sweden.
⁷ Avia-GIS , Zoersel, Belgium.
⁸ Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK ; Environmental Research Group Oxford Ltd, Department of Zoology , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
⁹ Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit , Jakarta, Indonesia.
¹⁰ Center for Research, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development, Centers for Disease Control , Taipei, Taiwan (ROC).
¹¹ Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK ; Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.

PMID: 26175912
PMCID: PMC4493829
DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2015.35

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.

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Figures

**Figure 1. The numbers of occurrences for *Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus* by source.**

**Figure 2. Map of occurrence points for *Ae. aegypti*.**

Figure 3. Map of occurrence points for *Ae. albopictus.*

**Figure 4. The numbers of occurrences for *Ae. aegypti* with locations per year separated by region, with panels (a–d) representing regions.**
Colours indicate the number of mosquitoes recorded in each year with the size of the circles scaled respectively.

**Figure 5. The numbers of occurrences for *Ae. albopictus* with locations per year separated by region, with panels (a–d) representing regions.**
Colours indicate the number of mosquitoes recorded in each year with the size of the circles scaled respectively.

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