Spatial and temporal clusters of Barmah Forest virus disease in Queensland, Australia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 884-893

  Naish, S ^a   Hu, W ^b   Mengersen, K ^a   Tong, S ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barmah Forest virus; Clusters; Spatial scan statistic

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GIS; HEALTH SURVEY; POISSON RATIO; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BARMAH FOREST VIRUS; BARMAH FOREST VIRUS INFECTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; SPATIAL CLUSTER; TEMPORAL CLUSTER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BARMAH FOREST VIRUS; BOVINE FOAMY VIRUS;

EID: 79958784234     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02775.x     Document Type: Article

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