Ecological niche modeling of risk factors for H7N9 human infection in China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Xu, Min ^a   Cao, Chunxiang ^a   Li, Qun ^b   Jia, Peng ^c,d   Zhao, Jian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian flu; Environmental factors; H7N9; MaxEnt; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; MODELING; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WETLAND; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; POULTRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA;

AVES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84975221696     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13060600     Document Type: Article

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