Mapping the zoonotic niche of Marburg virus disease in Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 366-378

  Pigott, David M ^a   Golding, Nick ^a   Mylne, Adrian ^a   Huang, Zhi ^a   Weiss, Daniel J ^a   Brady, Oliver J ^a   Kraemer, Moritz U G ^a   Hay, Simon I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Boosted regression trees; Filovirus; Marburg virus disease; Rousettus aegyptiacus; Species distribution models; Viral haemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; MARBURGVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; BAT; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; LAKE VICTORIA MARBURGVIRUS; MARBURGVIRUS; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS;

VIRUS RNA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MARBURG VIRUS DISEASE; MARBURGVIRUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84939489374     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trv024     Document Type: Article

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