Control of arbovirus infections by a coordinated response: West Nile Virus in England and Wales

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-312

  Morgan, Dilys ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Surveillance; Vector borne; West Nile Virus

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HORSES; HUMANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WALES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33750954013     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2006.00159.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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