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Contina A, Yanco SW, Pierce AK, DePrenger-Levin M, Wunder MB, Neophytou AM, Lostroh CP, Telford RJ, Benito BM, Chipperfield J, O'Hara RB, Carlson CJ. Comment on "A global-scale ecological niche model to predict SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection rate", author Coro. Ecol Modell 2020; 436:109288. [PMID: 32982015 PMCID: PMC7505574 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2020] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
In this letter we present comments on the article “A global-scale ecological niche model to predict SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus” by Coro published in 2020.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andrea Contina
- University of Colorado Denver, Department of Integrative Biology, Science Building 2074, Denver, CO 80217, USA
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- University of Colorado Denver, Department of Integrative Biology, Science Building 2074, Denver, CO 80217, USA
| | - Allison K Pierce
- University of Colorado Denver, Department of Integrative Biology, Science Building 2074, Denver, CO 80217, USA
| | - Michelle DePrenger-Levin
- University of Colorado Denver, Department of Integrative Biology, Science Building 2074, Denver, CO 80217, USA
- Denver Botanic Gardens, Research and Conservation, 909 York Street, Denver, CO 80206, USA
| | - Michael B Wunder
- University of Colorado Denver, Department of Integrative Biology, Science Building 2074, Denver, CO 80217, USA
| | - Andreas M Neophytou
- Colorado State University, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
| | - C Phoebe Lostroh
- Colorado College Department of Molecular Biology, 14 E Cache La Poudre Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA
| | - Richard J Telford
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Ecology & Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies "Ramon Margalef", University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Thormøhlensgate 55, 5006 Bergen, Norway
| | - Robert B O'Hara
- Dept of Mathematical Sciences and Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
| | - Colin J Carlson
- Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University Medical Center, 6 Georgetown University, DC 20007, USA
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