Reproducible R code for a systematic review and meta-analysis of anthrax model performance and human behavioural risk factors in Africa [Dataset]

Abstract

[EN]A self-contained R Markdown document that reproduces the quantitative synthesis of a systematic review of quantitative anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) research in Africa. It performs random-effects (DerSimonian-Laird) meta-analyses of ecological niche / species distribution model discrimination (AUC, pooled on the logit scale and back-transformed) and of adjusted odds ratios for human behavioural risk factors (pooled on the log scale), with heterogeneity (Cochran's Q, I^2, tau^2, prediction intervals), pre-specified subgroup analyses, meta-regression, sensitivity analyses and publication-bias assessment (funnel plots, Egger's test, trim-and-fill), and generates all associated figures and tables. The 33 study-level records and the behavioural odds ratios are embedded in the document, so the analysis runs from the deposited files alone. Developed for, and illustrated with, a systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative anthrax research in Africa, and reusable as a template for other meta-analyses of model performance and observational effect sizes.