Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Risk mapping of highly pathogenic avian influenza distribution and spread
(Resilience Alliance, 2008)The rapid emergence and spread of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza begs effective and accurate mapping of current knowledge and future risk of infection. Methods for such mapping, however, are rudimentary, and few ... -
A tale of four “carp:” Invasion potential and ecological niche modeling
(Public Library of Science, 2009-05-06)Background: Invasive species are a serious problem in ecosystems, but are difficult to eradicate once established. Predictive methods can be key in determining which areas are of concern regarding invasion by such species ... -
Ecologic niche modeling of *Blastomyces dermatitidis* in Wisconsin
(Public Library of Science, 2008-04-30)Background: Blastomycosis is a potentially fatal mycosis that is acquired by inhaling infectious spores of Blastomyces dermatitidis present in the environment. The ecology of this pathogen is poorly understood, in part ... -
Locating Pleistocene refugia: Comparing phylogeographic and ecological niche model predictions
(Public Library of Science, 2007-07-11)Ecological niche models (ENMs) provide a means of characterizing the spatial distribution of suitable conditions for species, and have recently been applied to the challenge of locating potential distributional areas at ... -
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza: Entry pathways into North America via bird migration
(Public Library of Science, 2007-02-28)Given the possibility of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza arriving in North America and monitoring programs that have been established to detect and track it, we review intercontinental movements of birds. We divided ... -
Ecological niche and geographic distribution of human monkeypox in Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2007-01-31)Monkeypox virus, a zoonotic member of the genus Orthopoxviridae, can cause a severe, smallpox-like illness in humans. Monkeypox virus is thought to be endemic to forested areas of western and Central Africa. Considerably ... -
Mapping dengue fever transmission risk in the Aburrá Valley, Colombia
(Molecular Diversity Preservation International, 2009-12-02)Dengue fever (DF) is endemic in Medellín, the second largest Colombian city, and surrounding municipalities. We used DF case and satellite environmental data to investigate conditions associated with suitable areas for DF ... -
Birds, Babuyan Islands, Cagayan Province, Northern Philippines: New Island Distribution Records
(Luís Felipe Toledo, 2008-05)We present new bird distribution records from the Babuyan Islands in northern Philippines, gathered during recent biotic survey efforts in the area. This information represents a significant step towards a detailed ... -
Ecological niche modeling and local knowledge predict new populations of *Gymnocladus assamicus* a critically endangered tree species
(Inter Research, 2010-04-16)Gymnocladus assamicus is a critically endangered tree species endemic to northeastern India. Local inhabitants traditionally used this species for a variety of purposes. However, rapid population declines led to the species ... -
Ecological niches in sequential generations of eastern North American monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera: Danaide): The ecology of migration and likely climate change implications
(Entomological Society of America, 2007-12)Eastern North American monarch butterßies (Danaus plexippus L.) show a series of range shifts during their breeding season. Using ecological niche modeling, we studied the environmental context of these shifts by identifying ... -
Environmental factors associated with the distribution and range limits of the malaria vector *Anopheles farauti* in Australia
(Entomological Society of America, 2006-09)Ecological factors associated with the narrow coastal distribution of Anopheles farauti Laveran s.s. were investigated using decision tree software and a recently developed software tool that permits analysis of environmental ... -
Distribution of members of *Anopheles quadrimaculatus* Say s.l. and implications for their roles in malaria transmission in the United States
(Entomological Society of America, 2004-07)The Anopheles quadrimaculatus s.l. (Say) complex consists of at least five species distinguished by distribution, genetic incompatibility, and allele frequencies. However, the distributions of the members have only been ... -
A Mexican case study on a centralised database from world natural history museums
(CODATA, 2002)The present contribution is a case study of the possibilities of using data from world scientific collections to understand the distribution and conservation of Mexican birds. Information was gathered on specimens ... -
The critical role of permanent voucher specimens of hosts and vectors in public health and epidemiology
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Influenza A virus infections in Chinese landbirds
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009-10)Water birds are considered the reservoir for avian infl uenza viruses. We examined this assumption by sampling and real-time reverse transcription–PCR testing of 939 Asian land birds of 153 species. Infl uenza A infection ... -
Improving methods for reporting spatial epidemiologic data
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Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics [Review]
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Ecologic niche modeling and spatial patterns of disease transmission
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006-12)Ecologic niche modeling (ENM) is a growing field with many potential applications to questions regarding the geography and ecology of disease transmission. Specifically, ENM has the potential to inform investigations concerned ... -
Potential mammalian filovirus reservoirs
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004-12)Ebola and Marburg viruses are maintained in unknown reservoir species; spillover into human populations results in occasional human cases or epidemics. We attempted to narrow the list of possibilities regarding the identity ... -
Ecologic and geographic distribution of filovirus disease
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004-01)We used ecologic niche modeling of outbreaks and sporadic cases of filovirus-associated hemorrhagic fever (HF) to provide a large-scale perspective on the geographic and ecologic distributions of Ebola and Marburg viruses. We ...