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SUBMITTER: Li XL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4686887 | biostudies-other | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Li Xin-Lou XL Yang Yang Y Sun Ye Y Chen Wan-Jun WJ Sun Ruo-Xi RX Liu Kun K Ma Mai-Juan MJ Liang Song S Yao Hong-Wu HW Gray Gregory C GC Fang Li-Qun LQ Cao Wu-Chun WC
Scientific reports 20151222
It has been documented that the epidemiological characteristics of human infections with H7N9 differ significantly between H5N1. However, potential factors that may explain the different spatial distributions remain unexplored. We use boosted regression tree (BRT) models to explore the association of agro-ecological, environmental and meteorological variables with the occurrence of human cases of H7N9 and H5N1, and map the probabilities of occurrence of human cases. Live poultry markets, density ...[more]