Landscape and residential variables associated with plague-endemic villages in the West Nile region of Uganda

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 435-442

  MacMillan, Katherine ^a   Enscore, Russell E ^a   Ogen Odoi, Asaph ^e   Borchert, Jeff N ^a   Babi, Nackson ^b,c   Amatre, Gerald ^b,c,d   Atiku, Linda A ^b   Mead, Paul S ^a   Gage, Kenneth L ^a   Eisen, Rebecca J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CROP; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATALITY; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLAGUE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SWINE; UGANDA; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOUSING; RIVER;

SUIDAE; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSING; HUMANS; PLAGUE; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; UGANDA;

EID: 79955645759     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0571     Document Type: Article

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