ArticlePloS one2018
Transmissibility of emerging viral zoonoses.
Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
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- SARS-CoV-2 infection in animals: Patterns, transmission routes, and drivers.Eco-Environment & Health · 2024Review
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- The science of the host-virus network.Nature microbiology · 2021Review
- Lateral flow assays (LFA) as an alternative medical diagnosis method for detection of virus species: The intertwine of nanotechnology with sensing strategies.Trends in analytical chemistry : TRAC · 2021Review
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- A scientometric analysis on coronaviruses research (1900-2020): Time for a continuous, cooperative and global approach.Journal of infection and public health · 2021Article
- Zoonotic spillover: Understanding basic aspects for better prevention.Genetics and molecular biology · 2021Article
- Global discovery of human-infective RNA viruses: A modelling analysis.PLoS pathogens · 2020Article
- Integrating data mining and transmission theory in the ecology of infectious diseases.Ecology letters · 2020Article
- SARS-CoV-2: What do we know so far?Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2020Article
- From PREDICT to prevention, one pandemic later.The Lancet. Microbe · 2020Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Effective public health research and preparedness requires an accurate understanding of which virus species possess or are at risk of developing human transmissibility. Unfortunately, our ability to identify these viruses is limited by gaps in disease surveillance and an incomplete understanding of the process of viral adaptation. By fitting boosted regression trees to data on 224 human viruses and their associated traits, we developed a model that predicts the human transmission ability of zoonotic viruses with over 84% accuracy. This model identifies several viruses that may have an undocumented capacity for transmission between humans. Viral traits that predicted human transmissibility included infection of nonhuman primates, the absence of a lipid envelope, and detection in the human nervous system and respiratory tract. This predictive model can be used to prioritize high-risk viruses for future research and surveillance, and could inform an integrated early warning system for emerging infectious diseases.
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