The spatial epidemiology and clinical features of reported cases of La Crosse Virus infection in West Virginia from 2003 to 2007

Background La Crosse virus (LACV) is a major cause of pediatric encephalitis in the United States. Since the mid-1980s, the number of reported cases of LACV infection in West Virginia has continued to rise and the state currently reports the most cases in the United States. The purpose of this study...

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Published in:	BMC infectious diseases Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 29
Main Authors:	Haddow, Andrew D, Bixler, Danae, Odoi, Agricola
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 26.01.2011 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Census Child Child, Preschool Diagnosis Disease control Disease transmission Encephalitis Encephalitis, California - diagnosis Encephalitis, California - epidemiology Encephalitis, California - virology Environment Environmental conditions Epidemiology Female Health risks Housing Human resources Human subjects Humans Incidence Infant Infection Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine La Crosse virus La Crosse virus - isolation & purification La Crosse virus - physiology Male Medical Microbiology Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Mosquitoes Parasitology Pathology Pediatrics Public health Research Article Risk factors Seasons Spatial analysis Tropical Medicine Virus diseases West Virginia Young Adult West Virginia Census Tract Level Census Tract Case Fatality Rate Cumulative Incidence Cerebral Spinal Fluid
ISSN:	1471-2334, 1471-2334
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