Redefining the Australian Anthrax Belt: Modeling the Ecological Niche and Predicting the Geographic Distribution of Bacillus anthracis.

• Main Authors: Alassane S Barro (Author), Mark Fegan (Author), Barbara Moloney (Author), Kelly Porter (Author), Janine Muller (Author), Simone Warner (Author), Jason K Blackburn (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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The ecology and distribution of B. anthracis in Australia is not well understood, despite the continued occurrence of anthrax outbreaks in the eastern states of the country. Efforts to estimate the spatial extent of the risk of disease have been limited to a qualitative definition of an anthrax belt...