West Nile fever - A reemerging mosquito-borne viral disease in Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 643-650

  Hubálek, Zdenek ^a,b   Halouzka, Jirí ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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RAIN;

ARTICLE; BELARUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOSQUITO; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0032741254     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0505.990505     Document Type: Article

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