Ecological niche modeling of Aedes mosquito vectors of chikungunya virus in southeastern Senegal

Ecological niche modeling of Aedes mosquito vectors of chikungunya virus in southeastern Senegal

Abstract Background Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) originated in a sylvatic cycle of transmission between non-human animal hosts and vector mosquitoes in the forests of Africa. Subsequently the virus jumped out of this ancestral cycle into a human-endemic transmission cycle vectored by anthropophilic mos...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Richman, Diawo Diallo, Mawlouth Diallo, Amadou A. Sall, Oumar Faye, Cheikh T. Diagne, Ibrahima Dia, Scott C. Weaver, Kathryn A. Hanley, Michaela Buenemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Chikungunya virus
Maxent
Arbovirus
Ecological niche model
Mosquitoes
Aedes
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-2832-6

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