A tick-borne encephalitis ceiling in Central Europe has moved upwards during the last 30 years: Possible impact of global warming?

International Journal of Medical Microbiology, Supplement

Volumn 293, Issue 37, 2004, Pages 48-54

  Zeman, Petr ^a,c   Beneš, Cestmir ^b  

^a Regional Center of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c Regional Centre of Hygiene   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Altitude; Animal hosts; Central Europe; Climate warming; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 3242741256     PISSN: 14331128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1433-1128(04)80008-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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