A GIS-driven integrated real-time surveillance pilot system for national West Nile virus dead bird surveillance in Canada

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Shuai, Jiangping ^a   Buck, Peter ^a   Sockett, Paul ^a   Aramini, Jeff ^a   Pollari, Frank ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CANADA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BIRD DISEASES; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 33745454071     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-5-17     Document Type: Article

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