Implications for Northern Europe of the emergence of West Nile virus in the USA

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 583-589

  Gould, E A ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HORSE; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0041854250     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803008707     Document Type: Review

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