Increased avian diversity is associated with lower incidence of human West Nile infection: Observation of the dilution effect

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Swaddle, John P ^a,b   Calos, Stavros E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FOWL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 49649116646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002488     Document Type: Article

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