A Global Approach to Disease Prevention: Predicting High Risk Areas for West Nile Infection in the Us

WN virus has spread for over 60 years creating endemic and epidemic areas throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe, affecting human, bird, and equine populations. Its 1999 appearance in New York shows the ability of the virus to cross barriers and travel great distances, emerging into new territories pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DallaPiazza, Kristin Lee
Other Authors: Geography
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33083
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05212009-173330/