West Nile Virus Prevalence across Landscapes Is Mediated by Local Effects of Agriculture on Vector and Host Communities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Crowder, David W ^a   Dykstra, Elizabeth A ^b   Brauner, Jo Marie ^b   Duffy, Anne ^b   Reed, Caitlin ^b   Martin, Emily ^a   Peterson, Wade ^a   Carrière, Yves ^c   Dutilleul, Pierre ^d   Owen, Jeb P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT USE; HORSE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; ORCHARD; PRECIPITATION; PREVALENCE; VEGETABLE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CLIMATE; CULEX; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PREVALENCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84873869921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055006     Document Type: Article

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