Ecologic Niche Modeling and Spatial Patterns of Disease Transmission

Open Access

1 January 2006

journal article
review article
Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases

Vol. 12 (12) , 1822-1826
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1212.060373

Abstract

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 with the geography, or potential geography, of vectors, hosts, pathogens, or human cases, and it can achieve fine spatial resolution without the loss of information inherent in many other techniques. Potential applications and current frontiers and challenges are reviewed.

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