Host, Clinical, and Environmental Correlates of Shigella Stratified by Season

Vitumbiko P. Yagontha Munthali's dataset contains correlates of Shigella infection ascertained by culture or qPCR. The data is stratified by dry and rainy season. The dataset is 17.5 KB in size and was last updated on April 10, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal patterns of Shigella infection based on stratification by dry and rainy season.
• Identify host factors correlated with Shigella infection based on the described host correlates.
• Investigate environmental factors influencing Shigella prevalence based on the described environmental correlates.
• Compare diagnostic outcomes between culture and qPCR methods for ascertaining Shigella.

Strengths

• Data is stratified by season (dry and rainy), enabling temporal analysis.
• Correlates cover host, clinical, and environmental dimensions, suggesting a multi-faceted view.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Vitumbiko P. Yagontha Munthali

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 17:51:17; freshness should be verified.