Risk factors for human infection with West Nile Virus in Connecticut: a multi-year analysis

Open Access

27 November 2009

journal article
Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Health Geographics

Vol. 8 (1) , 67
https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-072x-8-67

Abstract

The optimal method for early prediction of human West Nile virus (WNV) infection risk remains controversial. We analyzed the predictive utility of risk factor data for human WNV over a six-year period in Connecticut.

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