Seroprevalence of West Nile virus in Saskatchewan's Five Hills Health Region, 2003

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 369-373

  Schellenberg, Tara L ^a   Anderson, Maureen F ^b   Drebot, Michael A ^c   Vooght, Mark T R ^a   Findlater, A Ross ^b   Curry, Phillip S ^b   Campbell, C Alexia ^d   Osei, William D ^b  

^a Five Hills Health Region   (Canada)

^b Saskatchewan Health   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behavior; Knowledge; Saskatchewan; Seroepidemiological study; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INSECT REPELLENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TELEPHONE; URBAN AREA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 33750345934     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405344     Document Type: Article

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