A clinical dataset comparing patient characteristics and blood transfusion history for individuals with Sickle Cell Disease, categorized by their laboratory diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection via RDT and ELISA. The dataset was authored by Verner N. Orish and last updated on April 3, 2026. It is a 9.5 KB XLS file shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare.
Use Cases
- Assessing risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection based on clinical characteristics mentioned in the description
- Analyzing the relationship between blood transfusion history and parasitic infection status
- Training classification models to stratify patients by infection status using clinical and demographic variables
Strengths
- Dataset is openly licensed (CC-BY-4.0) for reuse.
- File size is 9.5 KB, indicating a focused and manageable scope for analysis.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- figshare, authored by Verner N. Orish.
- Collection Method
- Likely contains clinical data collected from patient records and laboratory testing.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-03 17:49:47; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
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