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SUBMITTER: Chavy A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6693739 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chavy Agathe A Ferreira Dales Nava Alessandra A Luz Sergio Luiz Bessa SLB Ramírez Juan David JD Herrera Giovanny G Vasconcelos Dos Santos Thiago T Ginouves Marine M Demar Magalie M Prévot Ghislaine G Guégan Jean-François JF de Thoisy Benoît B
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20190814 8
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 future dispersion of vectors based on the occurrence records and the potential prevalence of the disease. The establishment of risk maps for disease systems with complex cycles such as cutaneous leishm ...[more]