Variable spikes in tick-borne encephalitis incidence in 2006 independent of variable tick abundance but related to weather

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Randolph, Sarah E ^a   Asokliene, Loreta ^b,c   Avsic Zupanc, Tatjana ^d   Bormane, Antra ^e   Burri, Caroline ^f   Gern, Lise ^f   Golovljova, Irina ^g   Hubalek, Zdenek ^h   Knap, Natasa ^d   Kondrusik, MacEij ⁱ   Kupca, Anne ^j   Pejcoch, Milan ^h   Vasilenko, Veera ^g   Žygutiene, Milda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control   (Lithuania)

^c Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania   (Lithuania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^e Public Health Agency   (Latvia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^h INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; ELLIPTIO ICTERINA; IXODIDA;

EID: 64949193371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-1-44     Document Type: Article

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