Meteorological conditions associated with increased incidence of west nile virus disease in the United States, 2004-2012

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1013-1022

  Hahn, Micah B ^a,b   Monaghan, Andrew J ^b   Hayden, Mary H ^b   Eisen, Rebecca J ^a   Delorey, Mark J ^a   Lindsey, Nicole P ^a   Nasci, Roger S ^a   Fischer, Marc ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; WINTER; ANIMAL; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEASON; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

RAIN;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAIN; SEASONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84929093530     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0737     Document Type: Article

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