Early warning system for west nile virus risk areas, california, usa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1445-1454

  Carney, Ryan M ^a,e   Ahearn, Sean C ^b   McConchie, Alan ^b,f   Glaser, Carol ^a   Jean, Cynthia ^a   Barker, Chris ^c   Park, Bborie ^c   Padgett, Kerry ^a   Parker, Erin ^a   Aquino, Ervic ^a   Kramer, Vicki ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOSQUITO; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 79960849398     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1708.100411     Document Type: Article

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