Want to model a species niche? A step-by-step guideline on correlative ecological niche modelling

N Sillero, S Arenas-Castro, U Enriquez‐Urzelai… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of correlative ecological niche models has highly increased in the last decade.
Despite all literature and textbooks in this field, few practical guidelines exist on the correct …

Vulnerability to snakebite envenoming: a global mapping of hotspots

J Longbottom, FM Shearer, M Devine, G Alcoba… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Snakebite envenoming is a frequently overlooked cause of mortality and
morbidity. Data for snake ecology and existing snakebite interventions are scarce, limiting …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing the global snakebite crisis with geo-spatial analyses–Recent advances and future direction

AFV Pintor, N Ray, J Longbottom, CA Bravo-Vega… - Toxicon: X, 2021 - Elsevier
Venomous snakebite is a neglected tropical disease that annually leads to hundreds of
thousands of deaths or long-term physical and mental ailments across the developing world …

Incidence and mortality due to snakebite in the Americas

JP Chippaux - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Better knowledge of the epidemiological characteristics of snakebites could
help to take measures to improve their management. The incidence and mortality of …

Summary results of the 2014-2015 DARPA Chikungunya challenge

SY Del Valle, BH McMahon, J Asher, R Hatchett… - BMC infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Background: Emerging pathogens such as Zika, chikungunya, Ebola, and dengue viruses
are serious threats to national and global health security. Accurate forecasts of emerging …

Overview of snakebite in Brazil: Possible drivers and a tool for risk mapping

MC Schneider, K Min, PN Hamrick… - PLOS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Snakebite envenoming affects close to 2.7 million people globally every year. In Brazil,
snakebites are reported to the Ministry of Health surveillance system and cases receive …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting co-existence between humans and venomous snakes through increasing the herpetological knowledge base

A Malhotra, W Wüster, JB Owens, CW Hodges… - Toxicon: X, 2021 - Elsevier
Snakebite incidence at least partly depends on the biology of the snakes involved. However,
studies of snake biology have been largely neglected in favour of anthropic factors, with the …

Integrating human behavior and snake ecology with agent-based models to predict snakebite in high risk landscapes

E Goldstein, JJ Erinjery, G Martin… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Snakebite causes more than 1.8 million envenoming cases annually and is a major cause of
death in the tropics especially for poor farmers. While both social and ecological factors …

Applying species distribution models in public health research by predicting snakebite risk using venomous snakes' habitat suitability as an indicating factor

M Yousefi, A Kafash, A Khani, N Nabati - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Snakebite envenoming is an important public health problem in Iran, despite its risk not
being quantified. This study aims to use venomous snakes' habitat suitability as an indicator …

Mapping current and future potential snakebite risk in the new world

C Yañez-Arenas, A Townsend Peterson… - Climatic Change, 2016 - Springer
Snakebite envenoming is an important public health concern worldwide. In the Americas,~
300,000 bites occur annually, leaving 84,110–140,981 envenomings and 652–3466 deaths …