Modeling the spatial distribution of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever outbreaks in Turkey

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 667-678

  Estrada Peña, Agustin ^a,i   Zatansever, Zati ^b   Gargili, Aysen ^c   Aktas, Munir ^d   Uzun, Ramazan ^e   Ergonul, Onder ^f   Jongejan, Frans ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^f MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever; Habitat suitability; Hyalomma ticks; Spatial model; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRUB; TICK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IXODIDAE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

HYALOMMA; IXODIDA;

EID: 37549006347     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0134     Document Type: Article

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