The trend towards habitat fragmentation is the key factor driving the spread of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1194-1203

  Estrada Pena A ^a   Vatansever, Z ^b   Gargili, A ^c   Ergonul O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever; environmental niche; habitat fragmentation; recruitment; Turkey; winter accumulated temperatures

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TICK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VEGETATION; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NAIRO VIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IXODIDAE; LINEAR MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY;

EID: 77954914076     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809991026     Document Type: Article

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