Comparative Spatial Dynamics of Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome in Nepal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Robertson, Colin ^a   Pant, Dhan Kumar ^b,c   Joshi, Durga Datt ^c   Sharma, Minu ^c   Dahal, Meena ^c   Stephen, Craig ^d  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre   (Nepal)

^d Centre for Coastal Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENCEPHALITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LANDSCAPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

DECISION MAKING; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEPAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880667922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066168     Document Type: Article

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