Geographic Information Systems in Epidemiology - Ecology of Common Vole and Distribution of Natural Foci of Tularaemia

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 379-387

  Pikula, J ^a   Treml, F ^a   Beklova M ^a   Holesovska Z ^a   Pikulova J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech republic; Environmental factors; Geography of occurrence; Microtus arvalis; Population levels; Tularaemia

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HARE; HOST; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TULAREMIA; VOLE;

LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MICROTUS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0344688369     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200271030379     Document Type: Article

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