Tse-Tse Distribution and East Coast Fever Database, Africa - Tick Suitability, Distribution and Collection Sites

The Tse-tse Distribution Dataset shows Tsetse types distribution in
Africa for the years 1973 and 1981. The Africa Tse-Tse distribution
dataset was compiled by the Nairobi based International Labatories for
Research in Animal Diseases (ILRAD), now called International
Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). This data was Collated from
information supplied by the Interafrican Bureau of Animal Resources
(IBAR) and the dataset developed as a project carried out for the
Organisation of African Unity-Scientific and Technical Research
Commision (OAU/STRC).

The East Coast Fever dataset contains the following:

The Cattle and Buffalo distribution dataset shows cattle and buffalo
distribution for sub-Saharan, East and Central Africa. It is part of
the East Coast Fever (ECF) dataset. The ECF study determined both
areas at risk and potential migration of the disease by cattle and a
potential pool of infection for transmitting the disease to domestic
cattle by Buffalo. Buffalo is the main wildlife host of the ECF. The
study was carried out in Nairobi in collaboration with United Nations
Environment Program, Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID)
and the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases
(ILRAD), now called International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).

The Tick-suitability model which is part of East Coast Fever database,
represents suitability for the R. Appendiculatus type. It is part of
the East Coast Fever (ECF) dataset. This dataset is the result of a
model (CLIMEX) which combined the factors climate and vegetation. The
result is a theoretical Tick suitability for the R. Appendiculatus
which spread the East Coast Fever. This theoretical disrtibution was
compared to actual Tick collection sites (New-ID: NBI15). The study
was a colleboration between United Nations Environment
Programme-Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID) and the
International Labatory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), now
called ILRI both in Nairobi.

The Tick distribution Dataset is part of the East Coast Fever dataset
representing tick collection sites in Africa. It is part of the East
Coast Fever (ECF) dataset. This dataset is produced by ILRAD experts
from a hand-drawn interpolation from R. appendiculatus (East Coast
Fever spreading tick) based on collection sites (NBI15). Areas above
2300 meters are excluded (as defined by a 10' world elevation map).
The study was a collaboration between the Nairobi based United Nations
Environment Programme-Global Resource Information Database (UNEP/GRID)
and the International Labatory for Research on Animal Diseases
(ILRAD), now International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).

Africa tick collection sites for Rhipicephalus: appendiculatus,
duttoni, nittens, and zambeziens are part of the East Coast Fever
(ECF) dataset. This dataset is the basis for the other Datasets like
Tick suitability model (CLIMEX) that combined the climate and
vegetation factors. It is a point dataset, where each point
represents a Tick collection site. The theoretical distribution by the
model was compared to this dataset for actual Tick collection
sites. The study was a collaboration in Nairobi between United Nations
Environment Programme, Global Resource Information Database
(UNEP/GRID) and the International Labatory for Research on Animal
Diseases (ILRAD), now called International Livestock Research
Institute (ILRI).

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