Journal article
Modelling Geographic Variations in West Nile Virus
Abstract
BackgroundThis paper applies a method for modelling the spatial variation of West Nile virus (WNv) in humans using bird, environmental and human testing data.MethodsWe used data collected from 503 Alberta municipalities. In order to manage the effects of residual spatial autocorrelation, we used generalized linear mixed models (GLMM) to model the incidence of infection.ResultsThere were 275 confirmed cases of WNv in the 2003 calendar year in …
Authors
Yiannakoulias NW; Schopflocher DP; Svenson LW
Journal
Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 97, No. 5, pp. 374–378
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
9 2006
DOI
10.1007/bf03405345
ISSN
0008-4263