The Changing Epidemiology of Murray Valley Encephalitis in Australia: The 2011 Outbreak and a Review of the Literature

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-

  Selvey, Linda A ^a   Dailey, Lynne ^b   Lindsay, Michael ^c   Armstrong, Paul ^c   Tobin, Sean ^d   Koehler, Ann P ^e   Markey, Peter G ^f   Smith, David W ^g  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Independent Consultant   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^d New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^e SA Health   (Australia)

^f Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTUMN; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FATIGUE; FLOODING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MOSQUITO BITE; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SUMMER;

EID: 84906931620     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002656     Document Type: Article

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