Ecology and Geography of Plague Transmission Areas in Northeastern Brazil
dc.contributor.author | Giles, John R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Peterson, A. Townsend | |
dc.contributor.author | Ameida, Alzira | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-18T20:40:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-18T20:40:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-01-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Giles, J., Peterson, A. T., & Almeida, A. (2011). Ecology and Geography of Plague Transmission Areas in Northeastern Brazil. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 5(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000925 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13240 | |
dc.description.abstract | Plague in Brazil is poorly known and now rarely seen, so studies of its ecology are difficult. We used ecological niche models of historical (1966-present) records of human plague cases across northeastern Brazil to assess hypotheses regarding environmental correlates of plague occurrences across the region. Results indicate that the apparently focal distribution of plague in northeastern Brazil is indeed discontinuous, and that the causes of the discontinuity are not necessarily only related to elevation—rather, a diversity of environmental dimensions correlate to presence of plague foci in the region. Perhaps most interesting is that suitable areas for plague show marked seasonal variation in photosynthetic mass, with peaks in April and May, suggesting links to particular land cover types. Next steps in this line of research will require more detailed and specific examination of reservoir ecology and natural history. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Funding for ATP's research visit to Brazil was provided by the Fundacao de Amparo e Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP). | |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | |
dc.rights | © 2011 Giles et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Biogeography | |
dc.subject | Brazil | |
dc.subject | Climatology | |
dc.subject | Ecological niches | |
dc.subject | Plagues | |
dc.subject | Rodents | |
dc.subject | Seasonal variations | |
dc.subject | Theoretical ecology | |
dc.title | Ecology and Geography of Plague Transmission Areas in Northeastern Brazil | |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Giles, John | |
kusw.kuauthor | Peterson, A. Townsend | |
kusw.kudepartment | Biodiversity Institute | |
kusw.oastatus | fullparticipation | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000925 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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