Ecology and geography of plague transmission areas in northeastern Brazil.

• Autori principali: John Giles (Autore), A Townsend Peterson (Autore), Alzira Almeida (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Plague in Brazil is poorly known and now rarely seen, so studies of its ecology are difficult. We used ecological niche models of historical (1966-present) records of human plague cases across northeastern Brazil to assess hypotheses regarding environmental correlates of plague occurrences across th...