Vector Borne Disease and Climate Change

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 637-644

  Hunter, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Chikungunya; Climate change; Dengue fever; Epidemiology; Floods; Malaria; Tick borne encephalitis; Transmission; Vector; Weather; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906929557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00663-2     Document Type: Chapter

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