Spatial modeling of human risk of exposure to vector-borne pathogens based on epidemiological versus arthropod vector data

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-192

  Eisen, Rebecca J ^a   Eisen, Lars ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dengue; Lyme disease; Plague; Spatial risk models; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MOSQUITO; PLAGUE; REVIEW; TICK; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DENGUE; FLEAS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLAGUE; TICKS; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IXODIDA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 41049103099     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[181:SMOHRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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