Mapping Disease Transmission Risk of Nipah Virus in South and Southeast Asia

Mapping Disease Transmission Risk of Nipah Virus in South and Southeast Asia

Since 1998, Nipah virus (NiV) (genus: Henipavirus; family: Paramyxoviridae), an often-fatal and highly virulent zoonotic pathogen, has caused sporadic outbreak events. Fruit bats from the genus Pteropus are the wildlife reservoirs and have a broad distribution throughout South and Southeast Asia, an...

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Main Authors: Mark A. Deka, Niaz Morshed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
Nipah virus
ENMeval
BIOMOD2
risk mapping
ecological niche modeling
disease biogeography
infectious disease cartography
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/3/2/57

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