Using geographic information systems and spatial and space-time scan statistics for a population-based risk analysis of the 2002 equine West Nile epidemic in six contiguous regions of Texas

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lian, Min ^a,d   Warner, Ronald D ^b   Alexander, James L ^c   Dixon, Kenneth R ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXAS; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 36649025429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-6-42     Document Type: Article

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