Assessing risk in focal arboviral infections: Are we missing the big or little picture?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Haddow, Andrew D ^a,b   Jones, Carl J ^a   Odoi, Agricola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; VIRUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; LA CROSSE VIRUS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ARBOVIRUS; LA CROSSE VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE VECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LA CROSSE VIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENNESSEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349147018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006954     Document Type: Article

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