Evidence that climate change has caused 'emergence' of tick-borne diseases in Europe?

International Journal of Medical Microbiology, Supplement

Volumn 293, Issue 37, 2004, Pages 5-15

  Randolph, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Lyme borreliosis; Political change; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HUNGARY; INCIDENCE; LITHUANIA; LYME DISEASE; POLAND; POLITICS; SEASON; SLOVENIA; SPRING; SWEDEN; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; WINTER;

EID: 3242666308     PISSN: 14331128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1433-1128(04)80004-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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