A National Case-Control Study Identifies Human Socio-Economic Status and Activities as Risk Factors for Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Poland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Stefanoff, Pawel ^a   Rosinska, Magdalena ^a   Samuels, Steven ^b   White, Dennis J ^b,c   Morse, Dale L ^d   Randolph, Sarah E ^e  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

IXODIDA;

EID: 84866526864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045511     Document Type: Article

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