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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Ecology and geography of human monkeypox case occurrences across Africa
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, Volume 48, No. 2, Year 2012
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As ecologic niche modeling (ENM) evolves as a tool in spatial epidemiology and public health, selection of the most appropriate and informative environmental data sets becomes increasingly important. Here, we build on a previous ENM analysis of the potential distribution of human monkeypox in Africa by refining georeferencing criteria and using more-diverse environmental data to identify environmental parameters contributing to monkeypox distributional ecology. Significant environmental variables include annual precipitation, several temperature-related variables, primary productivity, evapotranspiration, soil moisture, and pH. The potential distribution identified with this set of variables was broader than that identified in previous analyses but does not include areas recently found to hold monkeypox in southern Sudan. Our results emphasize the importance of selecting the most appropriate and informative environmental data sets for ENM analyses in pathogen transmission mapping. © Wildlife Disease Association 2012.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ellis, Christine K.
United States, Fort Collins
Usda Aphis National Wildlife Research Center
Carroll, Darin S.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lash, R. Ryan
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Peterson, Andrew Townsend
United States, Lawrence
University of Kansas
Damon, Inger K.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Malekani, Jean M.
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
Formenty, Pierre Bernard Henri
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Statistics
Citations: 51
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.7589/0090-3558-48.2.335
ISSN:
00903558
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Sudan