Predicting West Nile Virus Infection Risk from the Synergistic Effects of Rainfall and Temperature

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 935-944

  Shand, L ^a   Brown, W M ^a   Chaves, L F ^b   Goldberg, T L ^c   Hamer, G L ^d   Haramis, L ^e   Kitron, U ^f   Walker, E D ^g   Ruiz, M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

climate and weather; Illinois; risk model; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; CULEX; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; INSECT VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84992163197     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw042     Document Type: Article

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