Spatio-temporal patterns of Barmah Forest Virus disease in Queensland, Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Naish, Suchithra ^a   Hu, Wenbiao ^b   Mengersen, Kerrie ^a   Tong, Shilu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BARMAH FOREST VIRUS DISEASE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERN; TIME; TOGAVIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ALPHA VIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; VIROLOGY;

BARMAH FOREST VIRUS; BOVINE FOAMY VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION GROWTH; QUEENSLAND; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054113919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025688     Document Type: Article

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