Relating land cover and spatial distribution of nephropathia epidemica and Lyme borreliosis in Belgium

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-154

  Barrios, J M ^a   Verstraeten, W W ^a,b,c   Maes, P ^d   Aerts, J M ^a   Farifteh, J ^a   Coppin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LAND COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LANDSCAPE; LYME DISEASE; NEPHROPATHIA EPIDEMICA; NONHUMAN; PUUMALA VIRUS;

BELGIUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ECOSYSTEM; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

BELGIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; PUUMALA VIRUS;

EID: 84871230724     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2012.708918     Document Type: Article

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