Ecological niche modeling to estimate the distribution of Japanese encephalitis virus in Asia.

BACKGROUND: Culex tritaeniorhynchus is the primary vector of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a leading cause of encephalitis in Asia. JEV is transmitted in an enzootic cycle involving large wading birds as the reservoirs and swine as amplifying hosts. The development of a JEV vaccine reduced the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robin H Miller, Penny Masuoka, Terry A Klein, Heung-Chul Kim, Todd Somer, John Grieco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3378598?pdf=render