Quantifying the potential pathways and locations of Rift Valley fever virus entry into the United States

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 85-95

  Golnar, A J ^a   Kading, R C ^b   Hamer, G L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

arboviruses; Emerging Disease; modelling; mosquitoes; prevention and control; Rift Valley fever; vector biology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE VECTORS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013093368     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12608     Document Type: Article

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