01Official dataThematic / annual
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record ↗
Global human plague cases, deaths, confirmation categories and country-year summaries.
Limit: Reporting coverage is incomplete; no report must not be interpreted as zero cases.
SOURCE LEDGER / EVIDENCE CHAIN
Know where the data came from before deciding what it can say.
Case surveillance, natural foci, research evidence and news signals require separate treatment. Plague Map never turns a headline directly into a case.
02Official dataEvent-driven
WHO Disease Outbreak News ↗
WHO-published outbreak events and risk assessments.
Limit: Not every local event receives a dedicated DON.
03Official dataWeekly / annual
CDC NNDSS ↗
US plague surveillance submitted by jurisdictions; weekly data for signals and annual data for final counts.
Limit: Weekly figures are provisional and change as reports are reconciled.
04Official dataPeriodic
CDC Plague Maps & Statistics ↗
US historical distribution, annual trends and western natural-focus context.
Limit: Primarily US coverage, not a global surveillance feed.
05Official dataWeekly
ECDC CDTR ↗
Epidemic intelligence, event assessment and risk context relevant to Europe.
Limit: Only events meeting monitoring thresholds enter the reports.
06Official dataIrregular
National health authorities ↗
Local case notices, laboratory conclusions and response measures.
Limit: Formats, languages, publication speed and archive access vary widely.
07Official dataEvent / annual
WOAH WAHIS / WildEpi ↗
Yersinia pestis information in animals and wildlife for the human-animal-environment interface.
Limit: Wildlife plague is voluntarily reported and is not a complete global inventory.
08Research evidencePublication-driven
WHO IRIS, PubMed and CDC EID ↗
Historical outbreaks, natural foci, case definitions, diagnostics and treatment evidence.
Limit: Different study periods and definitions cannot be merged into a live case total.
09Monitoring signalMinutes / daily
ProMED, GDELT and news aggregators ↗
Discover reports worth checking and monitor multilingual public signals.
Limit: A signal or headline is not a case; it must be verified against an official or original source.
10Secondary indexContinuous
PlagueIntel Open Data ↗
An open secondary index for cross-checking WHO tables, natural foci and event references.
Limit: Keep attribution to PlagueIntel and the original source and licence of every item.
Editorial order of use
- Start with the competent local authority and original WHO, CDC, ECDC or WOAH material.
- Use research for historical, ecological and clinical context—not as a substitute for live surveillance.
- News and automated aggregation discover signals only; every published item requires human review and an explicit status.
- Retain the source date, data-through date, case definition, licence and revision history.