House mouse abundance and Ross River virus notifications in Victoria, Australia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 528-533

  Carver, Scott ^a   Sakalidis, Vanessa ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amplification host; Disease ecology; House mouse; Mus musculus; Ross River virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOSQUITO; MOUSE STRAIN; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CULEX; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; MICE; POPULATION DENSITY; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SEASONS; VICTORIA;

EID: 50349091688     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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