Risk assessment and prediction of Ixodes ricinus tick questing activity and human tick-borne encephalitis infection in space and time in the Czech Republic

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 41-47

  Daniel, Milan ^a,b   Zitek, Kamil ^a   Danielová, Vlasta ^a   Kříž, Bohumír ^a   Valter, Jaroslav ^c   Kott, Ivan ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b IPVZ   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ixodes ricinus; Prediction; Risk assessment; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CZECH REPUBLIC; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; IXODES RICINUS; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 33646353909     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2006.02.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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