Risk maps of lassa fever in West Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Fichet Calvet, Elisabeth ^a   Rogers, David John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION CONTROL; LASSA FEVER; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LASSA VIRUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MURINAE; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MURINAE; RAIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65649104768     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000388     Document Type: Article

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