Zoological institution participation in a West Nile virus surveillance system: Implications for public health

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 592-599

  Pultorak, E ^a   Nadler, Y ^b   Travis, D ^b   Glaser, A ^c   McNamara, T ^d   Mehta, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Public health partnership; Surveillance; Zoological institutions; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; TESTING METHOD; VIRUS; ZOO;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; REPTILE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS; TISSUE SECTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ZOOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; DATA COLLECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80052505361     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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