Using geographic information system-based ecologic niche models to forecast the risk of hantavirus infection in Shandong Province, China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 497-503

  Wei, Lan ^a   Qian, Quan ^a   Wang, Zhi Qiang ^b   Glass, Gregory E ^c   Song, Shao Xia ^b   Zhang, Wen Yi ^a   Li, Xiu Jun ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Wang, Xian Jun ^b   Fang, Li Qun ^a,d   Cao, Wu Chun ^a,d  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Institute of Disease Control and Prevention of Chinese People's Liberation Army ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; INFECTION RISK; LAND USE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; REMOTE SENSING; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

HANTAVIRUS; RODENTIA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHINA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; HANTAVIRUS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79955661331     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0314     Document Type: Article

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