The incidence of west nile disease in russia in relation to climatic and environmental factors

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1211-1232

  Platonov, Alexander E ^a   Tolpin, Vladimir A ^b   Gridneva, Kristina A ^a   Titkov, Anton V ^a   Platonova, Olga V ^a   Kolyasnikova, Nadezhda M ^a   Busani, Luca ^c   Rezza, Giovanni ^c  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate; Decision trees; Ecology; Prognosis; Russia; West nile fever

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NDVI; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPLANATORY MODEL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PRECIPITATION; PROGNOSTIC MODEL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THEORETICAL MODEL; VEGETATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WINTER; CLIMATE; FORECASTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

CLIMATE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RUSSIA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 84893593637     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110201211     Document Type: Article

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