Possible drivers of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus transmission in Kosova

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 753-757

  Jameson, Lisa J ^a   Ramadani, Naser ^b   Medlock, Jolyon M ^a  

^a Emergency Response Department   (United Kingdom)

^b National Institute of Public Health   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Epidemiology; Hyalomma tick; Vector borne zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; TICK; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARACHNID VECTORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOLOGY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; KOSOVO; LIVESTOCK; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; HYALOMMA; IXODIDA;

EID: 84859505109     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0773     Document Type: Article

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