Ecological niche modelling of potential west nile virus vector mosquito species and their geographical association with equine epizootics in Italy

EcoHealth

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 120-132

  Mughini Gras, Lapo ^a,b,c   Mulatti, Paolo ^b   Severini, Francesco ^a   Boccolini, Daniela ^a   Romi, Roberto ^a   Bongiorno, Gioia ^a   Khoury, Cristina ^a   Bianchi, Riccardo ^a   Montarsi, Fabrizio ^b   Patregnani, Tommaso ^b   Bonfanti, Lebana ^b   Rezza, Giovanni ^a   Capelli, Gioia ^b   Busani, Luca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Culex; Ecological niche modelling; Horse; Maxent; Mosquito; West Nile disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; HORSE; HORSE DISEASES; ITALY; MOSQUITO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ECOSYSTEM; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 84902140609     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-013-0878-7     Document Type: Article

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