Ecological niche suitability for Lassa virus (IMAGE)

Scripps Research Institute

Ecological niche suitability for Lassa virus

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A study led by Scripps Research and the University of Brussels shows that the risk of exposure to Lassa virus, which can cause a severe and often lethal hemorrhagic fever disease, may expand substantially in the next several decades. Pictured are projections of the ecological niche suitability for Lassa virus based on climate models and other data.

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Scripps Research and University of Brussels

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