Searching for data is simple: just enter a search term within the search bar and hit enter. For help getting started, there are a few example queries for conditions such as Asthma, COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, Influenza, Malaria, and Tuberculosis.

How to construct a search query#

For the most basic search, just enter a word, like malaria.

Searching for a phrase can be more complex. For example, `malaria vaccine`.

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Default phrase searching: both words are found#

• Entering malaria vaccine will look for both of those words.

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Exact phrase searching#

• To search for the exact phrase, insert quotation marks on either side, like "malaria vaccine".

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Finding both words#

• To search for both of those words but not necessarily next to each other, connect them with the word AND (capitalized): malaria AND vaccine.

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Finding either words#

• The same syntax can be used to search for either of the words using the word OR (capitalized): malaria OR vaccine

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Finding results without a word#

• To find, for example, datasets surrounding vaccines that are any pathogen other than malaria, use the NOT keyword. NOT malaria AND vaccine will search for any record that contains the word vaccine and not malaria, and malaria AND NOT vaccine will look for all malaria datasets that don't mention vaccines.

Even more complex queries#

The AND, OR, and NOT terms can be used in any combination. To group terms together, add parentheses around the terms. For instance, ("COVID-19" OR "SARS-CoV-2") AND transmissibility will look for any records which have either COVID-19 and transmissibility anywhere in the metadata record, or SARS-CoV-2 and transmissibility. Add as many levels as needed to construct even more complicated queries.

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