# Why Serotypes Data is missing?

**URL:** <https://community.drivendata.org/t/why-serotypes-data-is-missing/3645>\
**Category:** DengAI Competition\
**Created:** [September 16, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/why-serotypes-data-is-missing/3645 "2019-09-16T07:27:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dany8262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@Dany8262](https://community.drivendata.org/u/Dany8262)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/why-serotypes-data-is-missing/3645/1 "2019-09-16T07:27:55Z")

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Hello,

I visited the NOAA website dedicated to this challenge ([https://dengueforecasting.noaa.gov/](https://dengueforecasting.noaa.gov/)) and I noticed their data also included serotypes information (denv1\_cases, denv2\_cases, denv3\_cases, denv4\_cases variables).

In my opinion, this information is very important, especially to explain pandemic peaks; so why is it not included in DrivenData data sets?

Regards

Daniel