Biological and cultural coevolution and emerging infectious disease: Ross River virus in Australia

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 893-896

  Weinstein, Philip ^a,b   Judge, Debra ^c   Carver, Scott ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTION; POLYARTHRITIS; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; VIRULENCE;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

EID: 79955740907     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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