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<row _id="1"><Variable>EVENT_NAME</Variable><Example>EbolaDRC_2018, nCoV_2019</Example><Description>A descriptive name of the infectious disease event</Description></row>
<row _id="2"><Variable>SOURCE</Variable><Example>Democratic Republic of the Congo MOH Communique de Presse, HK CHP Severe Respiratory Disease associated with a Novel Infectious Agent, Metabiota Composite Source, WHO DON</Example><Description>Name of the reporting source or entity</Description></row>
<row _id="3"><Variable>DATE_LOW</Variable><Example>2020-01-25</Example><Description>Lowest date reported incidence, when date range in original report is ambiguous, this value is inferred to be the day after the DATE_HIGH from the previous report.</Description></row>
<row _id="4"><Variable>DATE_HIGH</Variable><Example>2020-01-25</Example><Description>Highest date of reported incidence; when date range in original report is ambiguous, this value is inferred to be DATE_REPORT</Description></row>
<row _id="5"><Variable>DATE_REPORT</Variable><Example>2020-01-25</Example><Description>Date of report publication; when not explicitly stated, the DATE_REPORT is inferred from website source code or report access date</Description></row>
<row _id="6"><Variable>DATE_TYPE</Variable><Example>Authority notification, Clinical care sought, Lab test, Report, Specimen collection, Symptom onset, Unknown</Example><Description>Category of date information based on description in original report; DATE_TYPE may differ from LOCATION_TYPE</Description></row>
<row _id="7"><Variable>SPATIAL_RESOLUTION</Variable><Example>AL0, AL1, AL2, AL3, locality, sublocality</Example><Description>Granularity of location where cases and deaths occur corresponding with administrative levels defined by the Google Geo-locations API. AL0, which is equivalent to the country- or territory-level, is available for all sources, while finer resolution is not supplied by all sources.</Description></row>
<row _id="8"><Variable>AL0_CODE</Variable><Example>AE, AU, BE, CA, CD</Example><Description>The two-letter code assigned to the country or territory of incidence. The code is defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code).</Description></row>
<row _id="9"><Variable>AL0_NAME</Variable><Example>Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China</Example><Description>Name of country or territory where case or death is reported to authorities, cared for, or diagnosed, as indicated by LOCATION_TYPE. The name is standardized using the International Organization for Standardization 3166-1 country dataset.</Description></row>
<row _id="10"><Variable>AL1_CODE</Variable><Example>AU-NSW, AU-QLD, AU-SA, AU-VIC, BE-BRU</Example><Description>The International Organization for Standardization 3166-1 subdivision code that corresponds to AL1_NAME.</Description></row>
<row _id="11"><Variable>AL1_NAME</Variable><Example>Aichi, Anhui, Arizona, Bangkok, Bavaria</Example><Description>The first-order administrative division where cases and deaths occur. Taken from the original report and standardized using the Google Geolocation API. Administrative Area Level 1 is the largest administrative unit in a country or territory (e.g. state, province).</Description></row>
<row _id="12"><Variable>AL2_NAME</Variable><Example>Bohol, Colombo, Cook County, Flemish Brabant, Gironde</Example><Description>The second-order administrative division where cases and deaths occur. Taken from the original report and standardized using the Google Geolocation API.</Description></row>
<row _id="13"><Variable>AL3_NAME</Variable><Example>Starnberg, Traunstein</Example><Description>The third-order administrative division where cases and deaths occur. Taken from the original report and standardized using the Google Geolocation API.</Description></row>
<row _id="14"><Variable>LOCALITY_NAME</Variable><Example>Alimbongo, Ariwara, Beijing, Beni, Biena</Example><Description>The name of the locality specified in the original epidemic report and standardized using the Google Geolocation API.</Description></row>
<row _id="15"><Variable>LOCATION_TYPE</Variable><Example>Clinical care sought, Exposure, Report, Residence, Unknown</Example><Description>Category of location information based on description in original report; LOCATION_TYPE may differ from DATE_TYPE</Description></row>
<row _id="16"><Variable>CONFIRM_STATUS</Variable><Example>CONFIRMED, PROBABLE, SUSPECTED, TOTAL</Example><Description>Indicator of case or death confirmation status. TOTAL includes suspected, probable, and confirmed cases, and incidence where confirmation status is not reported</Description></row>
<row _id="17"><Variable>OUTCOME</Variable><Example>CASE, DEATH</Example><Description>Indicator for whether VALUE refers to case or death counts. Deaths are assumed to be included in the case count.</Description></row>
<row _id="18"><Variable>CUMULATIVE_FLAG</Variable><Example>FALSE, TRUE</Example><Description>Flag indicating whether VALUE is cumulative (TRUE) or new (FALSE) case or death counts</Description></row>
<row _id="19"><Variable>VALUE</Variable><Example>1, 2, 3, 4</Example><Description>Number of cases or deaths</Description></row>
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