Impact of West Nile virus on bird populations: limited lasting effects, evidence for recovery, and gaps in our understanding of impacts on ecosystems

AM Kilpatrick, SS Wheeler - Journal of medical entomology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The introduction of West Nile virus to North America in 1999 had profound impacts
on human and wildlife health. Here, we review studies of WNV impacts on bird populations …

Antecedent avian immunity limits tangential transmission of West Nile virus to humans

JL Kwan, S Kluh, WK Reisen - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus maintained and amplified
among birds and tangentially transmitted to humans and horses which may develop terminal …