Environmental risk factors for equine West Nile Virus disease cases in Texas

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 461-471

  Ward, Michael P ^a,c   Wittich, Courtney A ^a   Fosgate, Geoffrey ^a   Srinivasan, Raghavan ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equine; GIS; Risk factors; Spatial epidemiology; Texas; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; TEXAS; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WEST NILE FEVER;

AVES; EQUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 67349148910     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-008-9192-1     Document Type: Article

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