Identifying areas of high risk of human exposure to coccidioidomycosis in texas using serology data from dogs

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-181

  Gautam, R ^a   Srinath, I ^a   Clavijo, A ^b   Szonyi, B ^a   Bani Yaghoub, M ^a   Park, S ^a   Ivanek, R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Endemic; Kriging; Sentinel; Seropositive rate; Spatial; Spatio temporal; Valley Fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TEXAS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84873261192     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01526.x     Document Type: Article

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