The global distribution of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 503-513

  Messina, Jane P ^a   Pigott, David M ^a   Golding, Nick ^b   Duda, Kirsten A ^a   Brownstein, John S ^c   Weiss, Daniel J ^a   Gibson, Harry ^a   Robinson, Timothy P ^d   Gilbert, Marius ^e,f   William Wint, G R ^a   Nuttall, Patricia A ^a   Gething, Peter W ^a   Myers, Monica F ^a   George, Dylan B ^g   Hay, Simon I ^b,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f FNRS   (Belgium)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crimean congo hemorrhagic fever; Crimean congo hemorrhagic fever virus; Ecological niche modeling; Infectious diseases; Tick borne diseases; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BLACK SEA; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; DATA BASE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYALOMMA; LAND USE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SHRUB; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE; TICK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARACHNID VECTOR; BLOOD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; NAIROVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BUNYAVIRIDAE; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; IXODIDA; VERTEBRATA;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FARMERS; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS, CRIMEAN-CONGO; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYLOGENY; TICKS;

EID: 84939550345     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trv050     Document Type: Article

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