Tick infestation on roe deer in relation to geographic and remotely sensed climatic variables in a tick-borne encephalitis endemic area

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1416-1424

  Carpi, G ^a   Cagnacci, F ^a   Neteler, M ^a,b   Rizzoli, A ^a  

^a Centre for Alpine Ecology   (Italy)

^b ITC IRST   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFESTATION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DEER; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; IXODES; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 52249111126     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807000039     Document Type: Article

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