West Nile virus epidemics in North America are driven by shifts in mosquito feeding behavior.
West Nile virus (WNV) has caused repeated large-scale human epidemics in North America since it was first detected in 1999 and is now the dominant vector-borne disease in this continent. Understanding the factors that determine the intensity of the spillover of this zoonotic pathogen from birds to h...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-04-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1382011?pdf=render |