Global compendium of Aedes aegypti occurrence

Moritz U. G. Kraemer; Marianne E. Sinka; Kirsten A. Duda; Adrian Mylne; Freya M. Shearer; Oliver J. Brady; Jane P. Messina; Christopher M. Barker; Chester G. Moore; Roberta G. Carvalho; Giovanini E. Coelho; Wim Van Bortel; Guy Hendrickx; Francis Schaffner; G. R. William Wint; Iqbal R. F. Elyazar; Hwa-Jen Teng; Simon I. Hay

doi:10.15468/bgmqmr

Global compendium of Aedes aegypti occurrence

Citation

Page R D M, Kraemer M U G, Sinka M E, Duda K A, Mylne A, Shearer F M, Brady O J, Messina J P, Barker C M, Moore C G, Carvalho R G, Coelho G E, Van Bortel W, Hendrickx G, Schaffner F, Wint G R W, Elyazar I R F, Teng H, Hay S I. Global compendium of Aedes aegypti occurrence. Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/bgmqmr accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-15.

Description

Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are the main vectors transmitting dengue and chikungunya viruses. Despite being pathogens of global public health importance, knowledge of their vectors’ global distribution remains patchy and sparse. A global geographic database of known occurrences of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus between 1960 and 2014 was compiled. Herein we present the database, which comprises occurrence data linked to point or polygon locations, derived from peer-reviewed literature and unpublished studies including national entomological surveys and expert networks. We describe all data collection processes, as well as geo-positioning methods, database management and quality-control procedures. This is the first comprehensive global database of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence, consisting of 19,930 and 22,137 geo-positioned occurrence records respectively. Both datasets can be used for a variety of mapping and spatial analyses of the vectors and, by inference, the diseases they transmit.

Taxonomic Coverages

Animalia
rank: kingdom
Arthropoda
rank: phylum
Insecta
rank: class
Diptera
rank: order
Culicidae
rank: family
Aedes
rank: genus
Aedes aegypti
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Bibliographic Citations

Kraemer, Moritz U. G., Sinka, Marianne E., Duda, Kirsten A., Mylne, Adrian, Shearer, Freya M., Brady, Oliver J., … Hay, Simon I. (2015). Data from: The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence. Dryad Digital Repository. http://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.47v3c - http://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.47v3c
Kraemer, M. U. G., Sinka, M. E., Duda, K. A., Mylne, A., Shearer, F. M., Brady, O. J., … Hay, S. I. (2015, July 7). The global compendium of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus occurrence. Scientific Data. Nature Publishing Group. http://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.35 - http://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.35
Kraemer, M. U., Sinka, M. E., Duda, K. A., Mylne, A. Q., Shearer, F. M., Barker, C. M., … Hay, S. I. (2015, June 30). The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus . eLife. eLife Sciences Organisation, Ltd. http://doi.org/10.7554/elife.08347 - http://doi.org/10.7554/elife.08347

Contacts

Roderic D. M. Page
metadata author
University of Glasgow
email: Roderic.Page@glasgow.ac.uk
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7101-9767

Moritz U. G. Kraemer
originator

Marianne E. Sinka
originator

Kirsten A. Duda
originator

Adrian Mylne
originator

Freya M. Shearer
originator

Oliver J. Brady
originator

Jane P. Messina
originator

Christopher M. Barker
originator

Chester G. Moore
originator

Roberta G. Carvalho
originator

Giovanini E. Coelho
originator

Wim Van Bortel
originator

Guy Hendrickx
originator

Francis Schaffner
originator

G. R. William Wint
originator

Iqbal R. F. Elyazar
originator

Hwa-Jen Teng
originator

Simon I. Hay
originator