Identifying equine premises at high risk of introduction of vector-borne diseases using geo-statistical and space-time analyses

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-108

  Martinez Lopez B ^a   Perez, A M ^b,c   Sanchez Vizcaino J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

African horse sickness; Equidae movements; Risk based surveillance; Space time analyses; Spain; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE CARRIER; HEALTH SURVEY; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPAIN; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VIROLOGY;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 79956290748     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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