Human plague in the Southwestern United States, 1957-2004: Spatial models of elevated risk of human exposure to Yersinia pestis

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 530-537

  Eisen, Rebecca J ^a   Enscore, Russell E ^a   Biggerstaff, Brad J ^a   Reynolds, Pamela J ^b   Ettestad, Paul ^b   Brown, Ted ^c   Pape, John ^d   Tanda, Dale ^d   Levy, Craig E ^e   Engelthaler, David M ^e   Cheek, James ^f   Bueno Jr , Rudy ^g   Targhetta, Joseph ^g   Montenieri, John A ^a   Gage, Kenneth L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Vector Control Program   (United States)

^d Colorado Department of Health and the Environment ^*  (United States)

^e ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^f INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^g City of Albuquerque Division of Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Fleas; Geographical information system; Landscape features; Plague; Yersina pestis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FLEA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAGUE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FLEAS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLAGUE; RISK FACTORS; RODENTIA; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS SCOPULORUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PINUS EDULIS; PINUS PONDEROSA; PINUS PONDEROSA VAR. SCOPULORUM; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 34249679065     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[530:HPITSU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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