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The current anthrax situation has prompted calls for improved insights into the epidemiology, ecology, and spatial distribution of the disease in Kyrgyzstan to better inform control and surveillance. Disease control for both humans and livestock relies on annual livestock vaccination ahead of outbreaks. Toward this, we used a historic database of livestock anthrax reported from 1932 to 2006 mapped at high resolution to develop an ecological niche model\u2013based prediction of\n                    <jats:italic>B. anthracis<\/jats:italic>\n                    across Kyrgyzstan and identified spatial clusters of livestock anthrax using a cluster morphology statistic. We also defined the seasonality of outbreaks in livestock. Cattle were the most frequently reported across the time period, with the greatest number of cases in late summer months. Our niche models defined four areas as suitable to support pathogen persistence, the plateaus near Talas and Bishkek, the valleys of western Kyrgyzstan along the Fergana Valley, and the low-lying areas along the shore of Lake Isyk-Kul. These areas should be considered \u201cat risk\u201d for livestock anthrax and subsequent human cases. Areas defined by the niche models can be used to prioritize anthrax surveillance and inform efforts to target livestock vaccination campaigns.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.16-0758","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,23]],"date-time":"2017-01-23T20:50:28Z","timestamp":1485204628000},"page":"550-556","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Modeling the Ecological Niche of Bacillus anthracis to Map Anthrax Risk in Kyrgyzstan"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"96","author":[{"given":"Jason K.","family":"Blackburn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Spatial Epidemiology and Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida."},{"name":"Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Saitbek","family":"Matakarimov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Kyrgyz Institute of 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