American mammals susceptibility to dengue according to geographical, environmental and phylogenetic distances

Abstract

Many human emergent and re-emergent diseases have a sylvatic cycle. Yet, little effort has been put into discovering and modeling the wild mammal reservoirs of dengue (DENV), particularly in the Americas. Here, we show a species-level susceptibility prediction to dengue of wild mammals in the Americas as a function of the three most important biodiversity dimensions (ecological, geographical, and phylogenetic spaces), using machine learning protocols. Model predictions showed that different species of bats would be highly susceptible to DENV infections, where susceptibility mostly depended on phylogenetic relationships among hosts and their environmental requirement. Mammal species predicted as highly susceptible coincide with sets of species that have been reported infected in field studies, but it also suggests other species that have not been previously considered or that have been captured in low numbers. Also, the environment (i.e., the distance between the species’ optima in bioclimatic dimensions) in combination with geographic and phylogenetic distance is highly relevant in predicting susceptibility to DENV in wild mammals. Our results agree with previous modeling efforts indicating that temperature is an important factor determining DENV transmission, and provide novel insights regarding other relevant factors and the importance of considering wild reservoirs. This modeling framework will aid in the identification of potential DENV reservoirs for future surveillance efforts.

[Retracted] Analysis of the Influence of Geographical Environment on Chinese Ethnic Folk Dance, Taking the Development of Dance Curriculum in Huaihua No. 1 Middle School as an Example

“…Mongolian people in Wuhan are enthusiastic and bold. In general, Mongolian dance is influenced by the environment, and its unrestrained, enthusiastic and unrestrained characteristics are closely related to the steppe [ 19 ].…”

“…[ 15 ] General dance science should dig deep into the true meaning of ethnic folk dance, give full play to the advantages of folk dance, and cultivate the inheritance and development of students' professional dance skills [ 16 ]. Therefore, promoting the application and practice of ethnic folk dance in the higher teachers' dance curriculum plays a crucial role [ 17 ]. The article will also carry out more in-depth discussion and analysis of the characteristics of Chinese folk dance.…”

“…erefore, promoting the application and practice of ethnic folk dance in the higher teachers' dance curriculum plays a crucial role [17]. e article will also carry out more in-depth discussion and analysis of the characteristics of Chinese folk dance.…”

Climate predictors and climate change projections for avian haemosporidian prevalence in Mexico

“…Then, this information is used to create spatial projections of those variables under climate change scenarios to predict potential changes of prevalence or infection rate in years to come. This approach has been used for studying vector-borne human diseases, such as dengue and malaria (Martens et al ., 1999; Patz and Reisen, 2001; Massad et al ., 2011; Ojogba et al ., 2012; Robles-Fernández et al ., 2021), and could provide insightful information when applied to the study of wildlife infectious diseases (Prieto-Torres et al ., 2020).…”