Yard Flooding by Irrigation Canals Increased the Risk of West Nile Disease in El Paso, Texas

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 922-929

  Cardenas, Victor M ^a   Jaime, Javier ^b   Ford, Paula B ^c   Gonzalez, Fernando J ^d   Carrillo, Irma ^a   Gallegos, Jorge E ^d   Watts, Douglas M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b City of El Paso GIS Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d City of El Paso Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Case Controls Studies; Epidemics; Irrigation; West Nile Virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PLANT WATER USE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLOODS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80855132732     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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