Modelling zoonotic diseases in humans: comparison of methods for hantavirus in Sweden

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zeimes, Caroline B ^a   Olsson, Gert E ^b   Ahlm, Clas ^c   Vanwambeke, Sophie O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS;

EUROPE;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; HANTAVIRUS; PUUMALA VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; RODENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RODENTIA; SWEDEN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84866145076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-11-39     Document Type: Article

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