Brucellosis Outbreak Transmission Network Data from Shandong, China, 2023

26 related cases were identified in a 2023 brucellosis outbreak in Shandong Province, China. The dataset, authored by Chanjuan Huangfu and last updated in 2026, integrates epidemiological investigation with whole-genome sequencing data from 10 isolated Brucella strains. It was created to elucidate transmission chains and pathogen characteristics for targeted disease control.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing disease transmission networks based on integrated epidemiological and genomic data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing pathogen lineage co-circulation based on core-genome SNP and MLVA typing results
• Assessing the concordance between molecular and epidemiological evidence for outbreak investigation
• Studying the role of livestock trade networks in regional disease spread as described in the outbreak analysis

Strengths

• Integrates two data types: epidemiological investigation results for 26 cases and genomic data from 10 isolated strains
• Provides high-resolution molecular typing results, including cgSNP analysis showing a clonal cluster with 0 SNP difference
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse and sharing

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The dataset is small (16.6 KB), indicating limited scope and likely summary-level data

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Chanjuan Huangfu

Collection Method

Data generated from field epidemiological investigations, active case finding, retrospective data review, and laboratory analysis including bacterial culture, MLVA, and cgSNP genotyping.

Time Range

Outbreak investigated in 2023, with an index case from 2022.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 04:11:06; freshness should be verified

Geography

Shandong Province, China, affecting multiple villages.