Tick-borne encephalitis in the Baltic States: Identifying risk factors in space and time

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 296, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 76-79

  Šumilo, Dana ^a   Bormane, Antra ^b   Asokliene, Loreta ^c   Lucenko, Irina ^b   Vasilenko, Veera ^d   Randolph, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b State Agency 'Public Health Agency'   (Latvia)

^c Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS   (Lithuania)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Risk factors; Spatio temporal changes; The Baltic States; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESTONIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPRING; TEMPERATURE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TIME PERCEPTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646383342     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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