Prediction of equine risk of West Nile Virus infection based on dead bird surveillance

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Roberts, Rhonda Sue ^a   Foppa, Ivo M ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Prediction; Risk; Surveillance; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HORSE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH CAROLINA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33645830257     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.1     Document Type: Article

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