outbreaks 1.9.0 (2020-09-22)

NEW FEATURES

One new dataset added:

• covid19_england_nhscalls_2020: a dataset of the daily numbers of reports on potential COVID-19 cases reported in England through the NHS 111 calls, 999 calls, and 111-online systems.

outbreaks 1.8.0 (2020-02-13)

NEW FEATURES

One new dataset added:

• sarscov2_who_2019: a dataset of the compiled World Health Organization SItuation Reports for the COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 outbreak including worldwide confirmed cases and deaths.

outbreaks 1.7.0 (2019-12-16)

NEW FEATURES

One new dataset added:

• ebola_sierraleone_2014: a dataset of confirmed and suspected cases of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Sierra Leone from 2014 to 2015

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NEW FEATURES

One new dataset added:

• varicella_sim_berlin: a simulated dataset of an outbreak of Varicella in german centers for foreigners

outbreaks 1.5.0 (2018-12-15)

NEW FEATURES

One new dataset added:

• nipah_malaysia: human cases of Nipah virus in Malaysia and Singapore, 1997-1999; data are weekly case counts, stratified by state / country

outbreaks 1.4.0

NEW FEATURES

• rabies_car_2003: dog rabies in Central African Republic, 2003-2012; data comprise dates and locations of the cases, as well as viral sequences of the pathogen for most cases

outbreaks 1.3.0 (2017-05-13)

NEW FEATURES

One new dataset added:

• s_enteritidis_pt59: Distribution network and genetic clusters of a food-borne outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis PT59 (98 cases)

outbreaks 1.2.0 (2017-02-04)

NEW FEATURES

Several new datasets added:

• dengue_fais_2011: Incidence of 157 clinical cases of Dengue fever on the island of Fais, Micronesia
  
• dengue_yap_2011: Incidence of 978 clinical cases of Dengue fever on the Yap Main Islands, Micronesia
  
• zika_girardot_2015: Incidence of 1936 clinical cases of Zika virus disease in Girardot, Colombia
  
• zika_sanandres_2015: Incidence of 928 clinical cases of Zika virus disease in San Andres, Colombia
  
• zika_yap_2007: Incidence of 108 clinical cases of Zika virus disease on the Yap Main Islands, Micronesia

MINOR IMPROVEMENTS

• Bertrand Sudre (bertrand.sudre@edc.europa.eu) added as the contributor of the mers_korea_2015 dataset
  
• Now using snake_case throughout

outbreaks 1.1.0 (2016-11-24)

NEW FEATURES

• mers.korea.2015 has been added to the collection of outbreak datasets; this describes the initial information collected by the Epidemic Intelligence group at European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) during the first weeks of the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV) outbreak (South Korea) in 2015

outbreaks 1.0.0 (2016-10-31)

First release of the outbreaks package on CRAN!