Delinquent mortgages, neglected swimming pools, and West Nile virus, California

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 508-

  Goodman, Richard A ^a   Buehler, James W ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MOSQUITO; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; HOUSING; INSECT VECTORS; SWIMMING POOLS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 63849343889     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1503.081489     Document Type: Letter

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