Geographic incidence of human West Nile virus in northern Virginia, USA, in relation to incidence in birds and variations in urban environment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4235-4241

  Liu, Hua ^a   Weng, Qihao ^b   Gaines, David ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Northern virginia; Remote sensing; Socioeconomic conditions; Urban environment; West nile virus

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEO-SPATIAL; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN INFECTION; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LOCAL RESIDENTS; MATURE TREES; RANDOM SAMPLING METHOD; RISK AREAS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; STORM SEWER SYSTEMS; STUDY AREAS; SUITABLE HABITAT; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; VIRGINIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

REMOTE SENSING; STORM SEWERS; URBAN PLANNING; VIRUSES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GIS; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA; VIRUS;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LAND USE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; URBANIZATION; VIRGINIA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80052072404     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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