Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

Predicting wildlife reservoirs and global vulnerability to zoonotic Flaviviruses

  • Pranav S. Pandit,
  • Megan M. Doyle,
  • Katrina M. Smart,
  • Cristin C. W. Young,
  • Gaylen W. Drape,
  • Christine K. Johnson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07896-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Flaviviruses have emerged or re-emerged in several regions, but factors underlying emergence are incompletely understood. Here, Pandit et al. identify potential sylvatic reservoirs of flaviviruses and, in combination with vector distribution data, predict regions of global vulnerability.