| the use of ecological niche modeling to infer potential risk areas of snakebite in the mexican state of veracruz. | many authors have claimed that snakebite risk is associated with human population density, human activities, and snake behavior. here we analyzed whether environmental suitability of vipers can be used as an indicator of snakebite risk. we tested several hypotheses to explain snakebite incidence, through the construction of models incorporating both environmental suitability and socioeconomic variables in veracruz, mexico. | 2014 | 24963989 |