How do predicted ecological niches of the mpox virus compare with that of 99 mammal species? biorxivpreprint Sorbonne_Univ_ univ_paris_cite institutpasteur mpox virus ecology ecologicalniche mammal mammals
By Bhavana KunkalikarDec 15 2022Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers compared ecological niches to identify probable mpox virus reservoir hosts.
About the study In the present study, researchers anticipated that the MPXV reservoir is comprised of one or more rainforest mammal species with a comparable geographic distribution to that of MPXV. All of these databases contain records of the occurrence of mammalian species. However, each has its own particularity. To recreate the biological niche of MPXV, the team required case occurrence data. Human index cases that were proven by PCR, DNA sequencing, or MPXV isolation to have been infected from any animal source.
In West Africa, the distribution was discontinuous, having a void in the southern regions of Benin and Togo. In Central Africa, the niche encompasses the entirety of the Congo Basin, except for a substantial portion of eastern Equatorial Africa, encompassing eastern as well as southern Gabon and the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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