| IDEA Code |
411 |
| Name |
Infectious human illness |
| Description |
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| Usage Notes |
Whenever an infectious disease is explicitly identified in a report, regardless of verb outcome (e.g., paralysis, chronic illness, death, etc.), code to this event category. Never code a death resulting from a specified cause to the Human death event category (because coding to the Human death category provides absolutely no information about the cause of death). Should the infectious illness be the result of a chemical or biological weapons attack, code to the appropriate Chemical weapons use or Biological weapons use event category. Should the target of an infectious disease be an animal, code to the Animal illness event category. |
| Example |
Twenty refugees in a Central African camp have died from the e-bola virus. *
| Source |
Association |
[none] |
| Sector |
Infectious disease |
| Target |
Association |
Central Africa |
| Sector |
Migrants |
|
| Example Notes |
The source actor for this event category will always be the (naturally occurring) infectious disease. The infectious disease must be explicitly stated in order to code to the Infectious disease category. The human person or people infected will always be the target/s in an Infectious disease coding. |
| Comments |
Whenever an infectious disease is explicitly identified in a report, regardless of verb outcome (e.g., paralysis, chronic illness, death, etc.), code to this event category. Never code a death resulting from a specified cause to the Human death event category (because coding to the Human death category provides absolutely no information about the cause of death). Should the infectious illness be the result of a chemical or biological weapons attack, code to the appropriate Chemical weapons use or Biological weapons use event category. Should the target of an infectious disease be an animal, code to the Animal illness event category. |