Tick-borne encephalitis virus, ticks and humans: Short-term and long-term dynamics

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 462-467

  Randolph, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergence; Pathogenicity; Tick borne encephalitis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

FSME IMMUN; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFICACY; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CLIMATE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; EUROPE; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TICKS;

EID: 55249092050     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32830ce74b     Document Type: Review

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