West Nile virus in the greater Chicago area: A geographic examination of human illness and risk from 2002 to 2006

URISA Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-18

  Messina, Jane P ^a   Brown, William ^b   Amore, Giusi ^c   Kitron, Uriel D ^d   Ruiz, Marilyn O ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84855906009     PISSN: 10458077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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