Forecasting risk of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE): Using data from wildlife and climate to predict next year's number of human victims

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 366-372

  Haemig, Paul D ^a,b   Sjostedt De Luna S ^c   Grafstrom A ^c   Lithner, Stefan ^b   Lundkvist, Åke ^d   Waldenström, Jonas ^b,e   Kindberg, Jonas ^f   Stedt, Johan ^b   Olsén, Björn ^g  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

early warning; forecasting; prediction; TBE; tick borne diseases; tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARACHNID VECTORS; CLIMATE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FORECASTING; FOXES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MINK; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SWEDEN; TICKS;

EID: 79954506817     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.552072     Document Type: Article

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