Importance of bird-to-bird transmission for the establishment of West Nile virus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 575-584

  Hartemink, N A ^a,d   Davis, S A ^a   Reiter, P ^b   Hubalek Z ^c   Heesterbeek, J A P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Bird to bird transmission; Direct transmission; Model; R0; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD TO BIRD TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO TO MOSQUITO TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CROWS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; SPARROWS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 37549068086     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0613     Document Type: Article

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