First evidence of West Nile virus amplification and relationship to human infections

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-115

  Theophilides, C N ^a,c   Ahearn, S C ^a   Binkowski, E S ^a   Paul, W S ^b   Gibbs, K ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Chicago Department of Health   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kappa statistic; Knox test; Monte Carlo; Space time clustering; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; GIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE;

AFRICA; NILE BASIN;

AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 30844471808     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658810500286968     Document Type: Article

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