Ross River virus disease clusters and spatial relationship with mosquito biting exposure in Redland Shire, Southern Queensland, Australia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1042-1059

  Ryan, P A ^a   Alsemgeest, D ^b   Gatton, M L ^a,c   Kay, B H ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Redland Shire Council   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mosquito; Ross River virus; SaTScan; Spatial statistics; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VIRUS INFECTION;

AEDES; AGE FACTORS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALE; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

AEDES VIGILAX; ALPHAVIRUS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE;

EID: 33750947727     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[1042:RRVDCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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