Mapping the zoonotic niche of Lassa fever in Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 483-492

  Mylne, Adrian Q N ^a   Pigott, David M ^b   Longbottom, Joshua ^a   Shearer, Freya ^a   Duda, Kirsten A ^b   Messina, Jane P ^b   Weiss, Daniel J ^b   Moyes, Catherine L ^a   Golding, Nick ^a   Hay, Simon I ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Boosted regression trees; Lassa fever; LASV; Mastomys natalensis; Species distribution models; Viral haemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; ZOONOTIC NICHE; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MURINE; PROCEDURES; RODENT DISEASES; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; LASSA VIRUS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MURINAE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RODENT DISEASES; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84939550447     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trv047     Document Type: Article

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