Bioclimatic and altitudinal variables influence the potential distribution of canine parvovirus type 2 worldwide.

ABSTRACT: Canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV-2) is extremely contagious and causes high rate of morbidity to many wild carnivores. It has three variants (CPV-2a, CPV-2b, and CPV-2c) that are distributed worldwide with different frequencies and levels of genetic and antigenic variability. The disease poses a threat to the healthy survival and reproduction of wildlife. The research on the relationship between CPV-2 epidemic and environmental variables is lacking. To fill this research gap, we used maximum entropy (MaxEnt) approach with principal component analysis (PCA) to evaluate the relation between CPV-2 and environmental variables and to create a world risk map for this disease. According to the PCA results, 18 environmental variables were selected from 68 variables for subsequent analyses. MaxEnt sho

SUBMITTER: Jiang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5938446 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature