Epidemiologic patterns of ross River Virus disease in Queensland, Australia, 2001-2011

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-118

  Yu, Weiwei ^a   Mengersen, Kerrie ^a   Dale, Pat ^a,b   Mackenzie, John S ^a,c   Toloo, Ghasem ^a   Wang, Xiaoyu ^a   Tong, Shilu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; ROSS RIVER ALPHA VIRUS; SEX RATIO; TREND STUDY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903891920     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0455     Document Type: Article

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