Enhancing West Nile Virus Surveillance, United States
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چکیده
We provide a method for constructing a county-level West Nile virus risk map to serve as an early warning system for human cases. We also demonstrate that mosquito surveillance is a more accurate predictor of human risk than monitoring dead and infected wild birds.
منابع مشابه
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دوره 10 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2004