Use of wild bird surveillance, human case data and GIS spatial analysis for predicting spatial distributions of West Nile virus in Greece.

Use of wild bird surveillance, human case data and GIS spatial analysis for predicting spatial distributions of West Nile virus in Greece.

West Nile Virus (WNV) is the causative agent of a vector-borne, zoonotic disease with a worldwide distribution. Recent expansion and introduction of WNV into new areas, including southern Europe, has been associated with severe disease in humans and equids, and has increased concerns regarding the n...

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Main Authors: George Valiakos, Konstantinos Papaspyropoulos, Alexios Giannakopoulos, Periklis Birtsas, Sotirios Tsiodras, Michael R Hutchings, Vassiliki Spyrou, Danai Pervanidou, Labrini V Athanasiou, Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Constantina Tsokana, Agoritsa Baka, Katerina Manolakou, Dimitrios Chatzopoulos, Marc Artois, Lisa Yon, Duncan Hannant, Liljana Petrovska, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Charalambos Billinis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4013071?pdf=render

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