Dataset found on Kaggle.
West Nile Virus (WNV) is a viral illness largely spread by mosquitoes. The disease is transmitted to a person when an infected mosquito bites them.
The city of Chicago, Illinois has been keeping track of mosquito populations and WNV prevalence using a series of traps that they place around the city. They are then able to study the captured specimens and monitor the state of WNV spread in the city.
Data dictionary:
- Year: Year that the WNV test is performed
- Week: Week that the WNV test is performed
- Address: Block Address of the location of trap.
- Block: Block number of address
- Trap: Id of the trap
- Trap type: Type of trap
- Date: Date and time that the WNV test is performed.
- Mosquito number: Number of mosquitoes caught in this trap. Capped at 50, when the number of mosquitoes exceed 50, they are split into another record (another row in the dataset)
- Mosquito ID: Id for Mosquito species
- WNV Present: Whether West Nile Virus was present in these mosquitos
- Species: Mosquito species
- Lat: Latitude of trap
- Lon: Longitude of trap