Determinants of the geographic distribution of Puumala virus and Lyme borreliosis infections in Belgium

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Linard, Catherine ^a   Lamarque, Pénélope ^a   Heyman, Paul ^b   Ducoffre, Geneviève ^c   Luyasu, Victor ^d   Tersago, Katrien ^e   Vanwambeke, Sophie O ^a   Lambin, Eric F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d Clinique Saint Pierre of Ottignies   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE VECTOR; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUUMALA VIRUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BELGIUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYME DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUUMALA VIRUS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34248341422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-6-15     Document Type: Article

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