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SUBMITTER: Dunphy BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6488619 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dunphy Brendan M BM Kovach Kristofer B KB Gehrke Ella J EJ Field Eleanor N EN Rowley Wayne A WA Bartholomay Lyric C LC Smith Ryan C RC
Scientific reports 20190429 1
West Nile virus (WNV) has become the most epidemiologically important mosquito-borne disease in the United States, causing ~50,000 cases since its introduction in 1999. Transmitted primarily by Culex species, WNV transmission requires the complex interplay between bird reservoirs and mosquito vectors, with human cases the result of epizootic spillover. To better understand the intrinsic factors that drive these interactions, we have compiled infection data from sentinel chickens, mosquito vector ...[more]