Inter-annual associations between precipitation and human incidence of West Nile virus in the United States

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-343

  Landesman, William J ^a   Allan, Brian F ^b   Langerhans, R Brian ^c   Knight, Tiffany M ^b   Chase, Jonathan M ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; West Nile

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; DROUGHT; EPIDEMIC; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOSQUITO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RAIN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 35148889738     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0590     Document Type: Article

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