Ecology and geography of plague transmission areas in northeastern Brazil

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Giles, John ^a   Peterson, A Townsend ^a   Almeida, Alzira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRAZIL; CAUSAL MODELING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LAND USE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PLAGUE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; SEASON;

BRAZIL; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PLAGUE; SEASONS;

EID: 79851506301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000925     Document Type: Article

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