Regional differences in the association between land cover and West Nile virus disease incidence in humans in the United States

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 234-238

  Bowden, Sarah E ^a   Magori, Krisztian ^a   Drake, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; MAMMALIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 79952692853     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0134     Document Type: Article

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