Dryland salinity and the ecology of Ross River virus: The ecological underpinnings of the potential for transmission

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 611-622

  Carver, Scott ^a   Spafford, Helen ^a   Storey, Andrew ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Disease ecology; Disturbance; Secondary salinization; SIR model

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AEDES CAMPTORHYNCHUS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MACROPUS FULIGINOSUS; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OVIS ARIES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SALINITY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SALINITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; ZOONOSES;

AEDES CAMPTORHYNCHUS; ALPHAVIRUS; BOVIDAE; CAMPTORHYNCHUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS FULIGINOSUS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

EID: 70350589814     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0124     Document Type: Article

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