Rapid GIS-based profiling of West Nile virus transmission: defining environmental factors associated with an urbansuburban outbreak in Northeast Ohio, USA

Rapid GIS-based profiling of West Nile virus transmission: defining environmental factors associated with an urbansuburban outbreak in Northeast Ohio, USA

Human West Nile virus (WNV) infection was first detected in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, USA, in 2002. During that year’s extensive epidemic/epizootic among non-immune human and bird populations, the county experienced 155 cases of severe human West Nile neurological disease (WNND, incidence = 11.1 cases/...

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Main Authors: A. Desiree LaBeaud, Ann-Marie Gorman, Joe Koonce, Christopher Kippes, John McLeod, Joe Lynch, Timothy Gallagher, Charles H. King, Anna M. Mandalakas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2008-05-01
Series:Geospatial Health
Subjects:
encephalitis/arbovirus, West Nile virus, epidemiologic factors, cluster analysis, geographical information system.
Online Access:http://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/245

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