Estimating the geographic distribution of human Tanapox and potential reservoirs using ecological niche modeling
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Estimating the geographic distribution of human Tanapox and potential reservoirs using ecological niche modeling
BACKGROUND Tanapox virus is a zoonotic infection that causes mild febrile illness and one to several nodular skin lesions. The disease is endemic in parts of Africa. The principal reservoir for the virus that causes Tanapox is unknown, but has been hypothesized to be a non-human primate. This study employs ecological niche modeling (ENM) to determine areas of tropical Africa suitable for the oc...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Health Geographics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1476-072X
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072x-13-34