Predicting the global mammalian viral sharing network using phylogeography

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 2260
• Main Authors: Albery, Gregory F., Eskew, Evan A., Ross, Noam, Olival, Kevin J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.05.2020; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/1469; 631/158/851; 631/158/853; 704/158/2463; Animals; Computer simulation; Datasets; Ecological effects; Host range; Humanities and Social Sciences; Interspecific; Mammals; Mammals - virology; multidisciplinary; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Probability; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Species; Tropical environments; Viruses; Viruses - metabolism

Understanding interspecific viral transmission is key to understanding viral ecology and evolution, disease spillover into humans, and the consequences of global change. Prior studies have uncovered macroecological drivers of viral sharing, but analyses have never attempted to predict viral sharing...