West Nile virus in British Columbia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1499-1501

  Aquino, Michael ^a   Fyfe, Murray ^b,c   MacDougall, Laura ^b   Remple, Valencia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c Epidemiology Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MODEL; PERCEPTION; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CULICIDAE; DEET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MASS MEDIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 3543032199     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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