Host group formation decreases exposure to vector-borne disease: A field experiment in a ‘hotspot’ of West Nile virus transmission

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1796, 2014, Pages

  Krebs, Bethany L ^a   Anderson, Tavis K ^b   Goldberg, Tony L ^c   Hamer, Gabriel L ^d   Kitron, Uriel D ^e   Newman, Christina M ^c   Ruiz, Marilyn O ^a   Walker, Edward D ^f   Brawn, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

American robin; Disease ecology; Encounter dilution effect; Social behaviour; Vector borne disease; Virus; West Nile

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOSQUITO; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; PATHOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84908144102     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1586     Document Type: Article

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