Public health use of surveillance for West Nile virus in horses: Saskatchewan, 2003-2005

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 411-416

  Epp, T ^a   Waldner, C ^a   Corrigan, R ^b   Curry, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Population Health ^*

Author keywords

Integrated surveillance; Public health; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SASKATCHEWAN; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WEST NILE FEVER; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 55349130007     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2008.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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