Correlates of environmental factors and human plague: An ecological study in vietnam

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1634-1641

  Pham, Hau V ^a   Dang, Dat T ^a   Tran minh, Nguyen N ^b   Nguyen, Nguyen D ^c   Nguyen, Tuan V ^c,d  

^a Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Tay Nguyen   (Viet Nam)

^b Vietnam Field Epidemiology Training Program Office   (Viet Nam)

^c GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Plague; Rattus exulans; Vietnam; Xenopsylla cheopis; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLEA; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLEA; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUN EXPOSURE; VIET NAM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSIS;

TAY NGUYEN; VIET NAM;

RATTUS EXULANS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FLEAS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; PLAGUE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; RODENTIA; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VIETNAM; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 75349085063     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp244     Document Type: Article

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