Climatic and geographic influences on arboviral infections and vectors

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-54

  Mellor, P S ^a   Leake, C J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; Climatic variables; Distribution; Public health; Temperature; Vectors; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEASON; VIRUS INFECTION;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; CLIMATE; DISEASE VECTORS; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SEASONS;

EID: 0034173114     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.19.1.1211     Document Type: Article

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