The spatial distribution of Ross River virus infections in Brisbane: Significance of residential location and relationships with vegetation types

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 184-189

  Muhar, Andreas ^a,b   Dale, Patricia E R ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^a   Arito, Eri ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Mosquitoes; Ross river virus; Spatial distribution; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; VEGETATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

AEDES VIGILAX; ALPHAVIRUS; ARBOVIRUS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

EID: 0033974491     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931256     Document Type: Article

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