Ecological Niche Modeling to examine the interactions between climate-related environmental change, food security, landscape diversity and an emerging infectious disease
Enbal Shacham, College for Public Health and Social Justice / Taylor Geospatial Institute – Saint Louis University Sharon Deem, Saint Louis Zoo Allison Miller, Saint Louis University / Danforth Plant Science Center Carolyn Lesorogol, Washington University Ted Lawrence, The Living Earth Collaborative Eric Fèvre, University of Liverpool Vasit Sagan, Saint Louis University |
The need to better understand underlying drivers of emerging infectious diseases has never been greater. Our research seeks to apply geospatial modeling to assess the relationships among Kenya’s climate, agricultural system, biodiversity and camel and human interactions in determining the occurrence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV).
