Combining Mosquito Vector and Human Disease Data for Improved Assessment of Spatial West Nile Virus Disease Risk
Winters A, Bolling B, Beaty B, Blair C, Eisen R, Meyer A, Pape W, Moore C, Eisen L. 2008. Combining Mosquito Vector and Human Disease Data for Improved Assessment of Spatial West Nile Virus Disease Risk. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 78(4):654-665
We addressed this need for West Nile virus (WNV) disease in the northern Colorado Front Range by developing not only a spatial model for entomological risk of exposure to Culex tarsalis WNV vectors and an epidemiological risk map for WNV disease but also a novel risk-classification index combining data for these independently derived measures of entomological and epidemiological risk.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Winters, Anna M; Bolling, Bethany G; Beaty, Barry J; Blair, Carol D; Eisen, Rebecca J; Meyer, Andrew M; Pape, W John; Moore, Chester G; Eisen, Lars
- Units
- ROMO
- Keywords
- Culex tarsalis, Entomological Risk Model, Front Range, Vector-borne Pathogen, west nile virus, WNV