Prospective spatial prediction of infectious disease: Experience of New York State (USA) with West Nile Virus and proposed directions for improved surveillance

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-311

  Johnson, Glen D ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized linear mixed models; Geographic information systems; Infectious disease; Landscape ecology; Prospective surveillance; Remote sensing; Spatial analysis; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DETECTION METHOD; GIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 49049112433     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-007-0057-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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