The data set, as a flat rectangular CSV file, can be downloaded from here:

> # install.packages("readr")
> viparc <- readr::read_csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/viparc/clires_data/master/data/viparc.csv",
+                           col_types = paste(c("ciillidddllllll", rep("d", 45)), collapse = ""))

The data frame contains 5566 weeks of observation (rows) and 60 variables (columns). The variables are

In addition, there is also information on the antimicrobial class of each antimicrobial used in the data set. These data can be download from here:

> ab_classes <- readr::read_csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/viparc/clires_data/master/data/antimicrobial_classes.csv", col_types = "cc")