Estimating the geographic distribution of human Tanapox and potential reservoirs using ecological niche modeling

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Monroe, Benjamin P ^a   Nakazawa, Yoshinori J ^a   Reynolds, Mary G ^a   Carroll, Darin S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease reservoir; Environmental niche modeling; Poxvirus

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NICHE; TROPICAL REGION; VIRUS;

AFRICA;

POXVIRIDAE;

ANIMAL; BABOON; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; PAN TROGLODYTES; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY; YATAPOXVIRUS;

ANIMALS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; KENYA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; YATAPOXVIRUS;

EID: 84908127928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-34     Document Type: Article

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