Ecological Surveillance for West Nile in Catalonia (Spain), Learning from a Five-Year Period of Follow-up

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 181-191

  Alba, A ^a   Allepuz, A ^a,b   Napp, S ^a   Soler, M ^c   Selga, I ^c   Aranda, C ^c   Casal, J ^a,b   Pages, N ^a   Hayes, E B ^d   Busquets, N ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Departament d'Agricultura Ramaderia Pesca Alimentació i Medi Natural Generalitat de Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalonia; Ecological surveillance component; Flaviviruses; Spain; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ECOLOGY; EQUIDAE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SPAIN; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WETLAND; ANIMAL; BIRD; BIRD DISEASES; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY DISEASES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHICKENS; CULICIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INSECT VECTORS; POULTRY DISEASES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84927961198     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12048     Document Type: Article

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