Impact of anthropogenic environmental alterations on vector-borne diseases

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Vora, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; HOST; INFECTION; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; URBANIZATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 55849083051     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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