There are four MSF outbreak dictionaries available:
- Cholera/Acute watery diarrhea (“Cholera”)
- Meningitis (“Meningitis)
- Measles/Rubella (“Measles”)
- Acute Jaundice Syndrome (often suspected to be Hepatitis E) (“AJS”)
You can read more about the outbreak dictionaries at https://r4epis.netlify.com/outbreaks
Acute Jaundice Syndrome (AJS)
Variables in the dictionary
The AJS dictionary contains definitions for 68 variables:
Option codes
The dictionaries are exported using option codes that can be translated to human-readable format. This table shows how they are translated.
Cholera
Variables in the dictionary
The Cholera dictionary contains definitions for 45 variables:
Option codes
The dictionaries are exported using option codes that can be translated to human-readable format. This table shows how they are translated.
Measles
Variables in the dictionary
The Measles dictionary contains definitions for 52 variables:
Option codes
The dictionaries are exported using option codes that can be translated to human-readable format. This table shows how they are translated.
Meningitis
Variables in the dictionary
The Meningitis dictionary contains definitions for 53 variables:
Option codes
The dictionaries are exported using option codes that can be translated to human-readable format. This table shows how they are translated.
Exploring the dictionaries
You can explore the excel-formatted dictionaries with browseURL(system.file("extdata", "MSF-outbreak-dict.xlsx", package = "epidict")), but treat it as read-only.