Controlling urban epidemics of West Nile virus infection

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1325-1326

  Haley, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CULEX PIPIENS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; URBAN AREA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 84866952770     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2012.jama.11930     Document Type: Short Survey

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