Environmental correlates of crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever incidence in Bulgaria

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Vescio, Fenicia M ^a   Busani, Luca ^a   Mughini Gras, Lapo ^a   Khoury, Cristina ^a   Avellis, Luca ^a   Taseva, Evgenia ^b   Rezza, Giovanni ^a   Christova, Iva ^b  

^a National Institute of Public Health   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CLIMATE; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BULGARIA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871542369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1116     Document Type: Article

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