Economic conditions predict prevalence of West Nile virus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Harrigan, Ryan J ^a   Thomassen, Henri A ^a   Buermann, Wolfgang ^a   Cummings, Robert F ^b   Kahn, Matthew E ^a   Smith, Thomas B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Orange County Vector Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CULICIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 78649755194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015437     Document Type: Article

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