The emergence of West Nile virus during a large outbreak in Illinois in 2002

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 768-776

  Huhn, Gregory D ^a   Austin, Connie ^a   Langkop, Carl ^a   Kelly, Kate ^a   Lucht, Roland ^a   Lampman, Richard ^b   Novak, Robert ^b   Haramis, Linn ^a   Boker, Rosemary ^a   Smith, Stephanie ^c   Chudoba, Maria ^c   Gerber, Susan ^d   Conover, Craig ^a   Dworkin, Mark S ^a  

^a ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c Cook County Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BIRD; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 23844543828     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.72.768     Document Type: Article

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