A quantitative risk assessment of West Nile virus introduction into Barbados

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 394-397

  Douglas, K O ^a   Kilpatrick, A M ^b   Levett, P N ^c   Lavoie, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b The Consortium for Conservation Medicine   (United States)

^c Saskatchewan Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; JAMAICA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUERTO RICO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BARBADOS; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 38949096898     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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