Chikungunya and West Nile virus outbreaks: What is happening in north-eastern Italy

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-237

  Rezza, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; ITALY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; TRAVEL; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 66249103647     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn135     Document Type: Note

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