Mycobacterium Ulcerans Presence and Buruli Ulcer Cases in a Hexagonal Grid Across Africa

Africa-wide data on Mycobacterium ulcerans occurrence in water and soil and reported human cases of Buruli ulcer. The data is aggregated into a spatial grid of hexagons each measuring 88 x 88 square kilometers. It was authored by Alisa Aliaga-Samanez and last updated on May 18, 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping disease risk based on Mycobacterium ulcerans presence in environmental samples.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of Buruli ulcer cases aggregated to a hexagonal grid.
• Joining environmental and human case data using the provided HEX10_ID column.
• Linking data points to source scientific literature via the included DOI field.

Strengths

• Data is structured within a standardized hexagonal spatial grid of 88 x 88 km² units.
• Each record includes a DOI linking to the original scientific article source.
• The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for open reuse.

Limitations

• The total number of rows (data points) is unknown, limiting assessment of scale.
• Column-level documentation beyond the description is absent; field semantics must be fully inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and source bias inherent to the aggregated scientific literature.

Provenance

Source

Aggregated from multiple scientific articles, as indicated in the 'Source' column.

Collection Method

Environmental and human case data were aggregated into a pre-defined hexagonal spatial grid.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 07:46:28; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Africa