Scrub Typhus in Mainland China, 2006-2012: The Need for Targeted Public Health Interventions

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Wen Yi ^a   Wang, Li Ya ^a   Ding, Fan ^b   Hu, Wen Biao ^c   Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J ^c   Sun, Hai Long ^a   Liu, Yun Xi ^d   Liu, Qi Yong ^b   Huang, Liu Yu ^a   Clements, Archie C A ^c   Li, Shen Long ^a   Li, Cheng Yi ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT CONTROL; SCRUB TYPHUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VECTOR CONTROL;

CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SCRUB TYPHUS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84892773369     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002493     Document Type: Article

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