Association of West Nile virus illness and urban landscapes in Chicago and Detroit

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>West Nile virus infection in humans in urban areas of the Midwestern United States has exhibited strong spatial clustering during epidemic years. We derived urban landscape classes from the physical and socio-economic factors hypothe...

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Main Authors: Haramis Linn D, Foster Erik S, Walker Edward D, Ruiz Marilyn O, Kitron Uriel D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-03-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Online Access:http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/6/1/10