West nile virus in the new world: Trends in the spread and proliferation of west nile virus in the western Hemisphere

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 357-369

  Artsob, H ^a,b   Gubler, D J ^c   Enria, D A ^d   Morales, M A ^d   Pupo, M ^e   Bunning, M L ^f   Dudley, J P ^g,h  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr Julio I Maiztegui   (Argentina)

^e INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^f USAF Biomedical Sciences Corps for Public Health   (United States)

^g SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Public health; Surveillance; Trends; West Nile Virus; Western Hemisphere

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; WORLD HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 63449110063     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01207.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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