Lessons from the West Nile viral encephalitis outbreak in New York City, 1999: Implications for bioterrorism preparedness

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 277-282

  Fine, A ^a   Layton, M ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; THREAT; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WAR; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; NEW YORK; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 0035245298     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318469     Document Type: Article

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