Highly TB exposed, persistently uninfected South African gold miners (HETU) - Dataset Codebook

Permanent Identifier

https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00001891

Data Description

The HETU dataset was produced as part of an observational, cross-sectional study, conducted in South Africa. The dataset consists of one data table: participant characteristics measured at enrolment; and "outcomes" data points. These data underpin analysis reported in a Gates Open Research 2020 paper.

Geographic regions

The HETU study was conducted in South Africa.

Key dates

Project start date: July 2015
Project end date: December 2017

Data Creators

Forename	Surname	Faculty / Dept	Institution	Role
Katherine	Fielding	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health - Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	Data Creator/ Analysis

Project information

Project	Funder	Grant Number
Highly TB exposed, persistently uninfected South African gold miners (HETU)	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	OPP1116635

Participating institution

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
The Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa
University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America

Language of written material

English

File Description

Filename	Description	Access status	Licence
Hetu_data_codebook	Data set for the HETU study	Open access	Creative Commons
Hetu_data_codebook	Codebook for HETU dataset	Open access	Creative Commons Public Domain
Hetu_data_userguide	User guide for HETU dataset	Open access	Creative Commons Public Domain