This dataset, diphtheria_philly_df, is a data frame containing the weekly incidence of diphtheria in Philadelphia between 1914 and 1947.
data(diphtheria_philly_df)A data frame with 1774 observations and 4 variables:
Integer vector representing the year of observation (1914--1947)
Integer vector representing the epidemiological week (1--52)
Integer vector representing the weekly incidence of diphtheria in Philadelphia
Numeric vector representing the continuous time index
The dataset name has been kept as 'diphtheria_philly_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the infectiousR package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.