Ecological Niche Modeling of Bacillus anthracis on Three Continents: Evidence for Genetic-Ecological Divergence?

• Jocelyn C. Mullins,

  Affiliation Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Giuliano Garofolo,

  Affiliations Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”, Teramo, Italy, Anthrax Reference Institute of Italy, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Foggia, Italy

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• Matthew Van Ert,

  Affiliations Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Antonio Fasanella,

  Affiliation Anthrax Reference Institute of Italy, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Foggia, Italy

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• Larisa Lukhnova,

  Affiliation Anthrax Laboratory, Kazakh Science Center for Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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• Martin E. Hugh-Jones,

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

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• Jason K. Blackburn

  * E-mail: jkblackburn@ufl.edu

  Affiliations Spatial Epidemiology & Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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