Regional variation of climatic influences on West Nile virus outbreaks in the United States

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 677-684

  Wimberly, Michael C ^a   Lamsal, Aashis ^a   Giacomo, Paolla ^a   Chuang, Ting Wu ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERWINTERING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WINTER; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAIN; RISK; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84907699669     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0239     Document Type: Article

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