### General information
Author: Maja Malmberg
Contact e-mail: maja.malmberg@slu.se
Last updated: 27-01-2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17044/scilifelab.13564364
License: CC BY 4.0

### Dataset description
This dataset presented is a summary of information about the animals and test results that are reported in the Manuscript, ‘Serological and Molecular Study of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in cattle from selected districts in Uganda’. Below is an explanation text on some of the data variables and acronyms found in the file.

A.	BIODATA WORKSHEET:
NUMBER: Sequential numbers that were given to each animal and runs from 1 – 500
CODE: Unique Identification number that were given to each animal (and household) from which study samples were collected. In the ‘Code’ is a district code (K for Kasese, H for Hoima, G for Gulu, S for Soroti and M for Moroto) and also whether the animal was the first (‘A) or the second (‘B’) to be bled in that household
DISTRICT: Indicates the name of the district in Uganda from which study samples were collected
SUB COUNTY: Indicates the name of the subcounty in Uganda from which study samples were collected
PARISH: Indicates the name of the parish in Uganda from which study samples were collected
VILLAGE: Indicates the name of the village in Uganda from which samples were collected.
GPSLocation: Is the geographical position of the sampling area by Latitudes and Longitude Georeferences
SEX: indicates the sex of the sampled animal
BREED: Indicates the breed of the sampled animal
AGE (Years): Is the estimated age in years of the sampled animal
WEIGHT (in Kgs): is the estimated weight in kilograms of the sampled animal
BCS: Show the body condition score of the sampled animal, ranging from 1 to 5 (with 1 being that the animals was very thin, or skinny, and 5 being that the animal was fat or obese.
HEALTH STATUS: Indicates the general health condition (observed) of the sampled animals
RECTAL TEMPERATURE: Measured temperature readings (in degrees Celsius) of the rectal area for the sampled animals
TICK BURDEN ESTIMATE: This was the estimated number of ticks on half the body of the sampled animal
 
B.	ELISA WORKSHEET
IDVet: Generalized name of test kit from IDVet Company; the ID Screen® CCHF Double Antigen Multi-species ELISA
In-house: Generalized name for the in-house test kit from Uganda Virus Research Institute
OD: Optical density as determined by the Spectrophotometer at 490 nm
SP: Ratio of the sample optical density against the optical density of the positive control
SP%: Ratio of the sample optical density against the optical density of the positive control, expressed as a percentage.
Result: Interpreted result of test sample, either as Negative or Positive
CHFG100, CHFG400, CHFG1600 AND CHF6400: Respective optical density values at the 1/100, 1/400, 1/1600 and 1/6400 dilution levels of the sample. The values were obtained as difference between the ‘Antigen’ half and the ‘Control’ half in the ELISA process for each sample
SUM: The sum total of all values for the optical densities of each sample from 1/100 to 1/6400 dilution levels
TITER: Highest titre value for which the optical density is above the cut-off value of 0.2

C.	IFA AND PCR WORKSHEET
Is a summary of categories of samples (selected according to their individual results from the IDVet and In-house assay) and their Unique identification numbers that were tested for both IFA (Immunofluorescent assay) and PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction).  The results for each sample is indicated