Epidemiology of West Nile Disease in Europe and in the Mediterranean Basin from 2009 to 2013

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Di Sabatino, Daria ^a   Bruno, Rossana ^a   Sauro, Francesca ^a   Danzetta, Maria Luisa ^a   Cito, Francesca ^a   Iannetti, Simona ^a   Narcisi, Valeria ^a   De Massis, Fabrizio ^a   Calistri, Paolo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; CROATIA; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; HUMAN; ISRAELI; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; REVIEW; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; WESTERN EUROPE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84923014750     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/907852     Document Type: Review

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