Possible role of rainfall in the epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 151-154

  Danielova V ^a   Benes C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Frequency; Rainfall; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMALS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; IXODES; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RAIN; SEASONS;

EID: 0031430944     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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