West Nile virus in Europe: A comparison of surveillance system designs in a changing epidemiological context

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1085-1091

  Chevalier, Veronique ^a   Lecollinet, Sylvie ^b,c   Durand, Benoit ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b European Union   (Belgium)

^c ANSES   (France)

Author keywords

Europe; Optimization; Surveillance; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPE; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; VIRUS GENOME; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CULICIDAE; EUROPE; HORSES; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VETERINARIANS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EQUIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80051512508     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0234     Document Type: Article

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