Comparison of enzootic risk measures for predicting West Nile disease, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2004-2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1298-1306

  Kwan, Jennifer L ^a   Park, Bborie K ^a   Carpenter, Tim E ^a   Ngo, Van ^b   Civen, Rachel ^b   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOSQUITO; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE; CULEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LOS ANGELES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84864430600     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1808.111558     Document Type: Article

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