Data set with ~100 antivirals
antivirals.RdA data set containing all antivirals, according to the ATC code group 'J05' (Antivirals for systemic use).
antivirals
Format
A data.frame with 102 observations and 7 variables:
atcATC code (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical) as defined by the WHOCC
nameOfficial name as used by WHONET/EARS-Net or the WHO
atc_groupOfficial pharmacological subgroup (3rd level ATC code) as defined by the WHOCC
oral_dddDefined Daily Dose (DDD), oral treatment
oral_unitsUnits of
oral_dddiv_dddDefined Daily Dose (DDD), parenteral treatment
iv_unitsUnits of
iv_ddd
Source
World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology (WHOCC): https://www.whocc.no/atc_ddd_index/
WHOCC
This package contains all ~550 antibiotic, antimycotic and antiviral drugs and their Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) codes, ATC groups and Defined Daily Dose (DDD) from the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology (WHOCC, https://www.whocc.no) and the Pharmaceuticals Community Register of the European Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/health/documents/community-register/html/atc.htm).
These have become the gold standard for international drug utilisation monitoring and research.
The WHOCC is located in Oslo at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and funded by the Norwegian government. The European Commission is the executive of the European Union and promotes its general interest.
NOTE: The WHOCC copyright does not allow use for commercial purposes, unlike any other info from this package. See https://www.whocc.no/copyright_disclaimer/.
Read more on our website!
On our website https://msberends.gitlab.io/AMR you can find a tutorial about how to conduct AMR analysis, the complete documentation of all functions (which reads a lot easier than here in R) and an example analysis using WHONET data.