Delineating west nile virus transmission cycles at various scales: The nearest neighbor distance-time model

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-163

  Ghosh, Debarchana ^a   Manson, Steven M ^b   McMaster, Robert B ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure areas; Space time model; Spider diagram; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

CLOSE PROXIMITY; EXPOSURE AREAS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MINNESOTA; NEAREST NEIGHBOR DISTANCE; SINGLE COMPONENTS; SPACE-TIME MODEL; SPIDER DIAGRAMS; THREE COMPONENT; TIME MODEL; TRANSMISSION CYCLES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

VIRUSES;

BIRD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOSQUITO; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRAL DISEASE;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ARANEAE; AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77954303351     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304010791232208     Document Type: Article

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