Forest structure and roe deer abundance predict Tick-borne encephalitis risk in Italy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Rizzoli, Annapaola ^a   Hauffe, Heidi C ^a   Tagliapietra, Valentina ^a   Neteler, Markus ^a   Rosà, Roberto ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEER; FEMALE; FOREST STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ZOONOSIS;

CAPREOLUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84881261699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004336     Document Type: Article

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