Improved correlation of human Q fever incidence to modelled C. burnetii concentrations by means of an atmospheric dispersion model

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  van Leuken, Jeroen P G ^a,b   van de Kassteele, Jan ^b   Sauter, Ferd J ^b   van der Hoek, Wim ^b   Heederik, Dick ^a   Havelaar, Arie H ^a,b,c   Swart, Arno N ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne; Atmospheric dispersion modelling; Coxiella burnetii; Meteorological; Model comparison; Pathogens; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISPERSION; MODEL VALIDATION; PATHOGEN; VISUALIZATION; WIND VELOCITY;

NETHERLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII;

ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY; Q FEVER; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; COXIELLA BURNETII; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION DENSITY; Q FEVER;

EID: 84929414871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-015-0003-y     Document Type: Article

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