Figure 5.

The causality mechanism of ecoclimate factors that have an impact on the vertebrate-associated virome diversity. (A) Causality effect of ecoclimatic factors on vertebrate-associated virome diversity. The number on the arrow indicates the power of the causality effect of humidity and minimum temperature on mammals, and mammals on the tick virome. Causality power for 90% subset dataset: 95% CI: [0.50, 0.59] for humidity; [1.00, 1.06] for minimum temperature; [3.06, 3.16] for mammals. (B) Comparing virome diversity in regions with varying tick-borne pathogenic virus occurrences (multiple occurrences, single occurrence, and non–tick-borne pathogenic virus) within a 50-, 100-, and 150-km radius.