Ecological niche modeling to estimate the distribution of Japanese encephalitis virus in Asia.

• Main Authors: Robin H Miller (Author), Penny Masuoka (Author), Terry A Klein (Author), Heung-Chul Kim (Author), Todd Somer (Author), John Grieco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Culex tritaeniorhynchus is the primary vector of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a leading cause of encephalitis in Asia. JEV is transmitted in an enzootic cycle involving large wading birds as the reservoirs and swine as amplifying hosts. The development of a JEV vaccine reduced the...