Ecological niche modelling for predicting the risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Neotropical moist forest biome.

A major challenge of eco-epidemiology is to determine which factors promote the transmission of infectious diseases and to establish risk maps that can be used by public health authorities. The geographic predictions resulting from ecological niche modelling have been widely used for modelling the f...

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Main Authors: Agathe Chavy, Alessandra Ferreira Dales Nava, Sergio Luiz Bessa Luz, Juan David Ramírez, Giovanny Herrera, Thiago Vasconcelos Dos Santos, Marine Ginouves, Magalie Demar, Ghislaine Prévot, Jean-François Guégan, Benoît de Thoisy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-08-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007629