Land Use and West Nile Virus Seroprevalence in Wild Mammals

Land Use and West Nile Virus Seroprevalence in Wild Mammals

We examined West Nile virus (WNV) seroprevalence in wild mammals along a forest-to-urban gradient in the US mid-Atlantic region. WNV antibody prevalence increased with age, urbanization, and date of capture for juveniles and varied significantly between species. These findings suggest several requir...

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Main Authors: Andrés Gómez, A. Marm Kilpatrick, Laura D. Kramer, Alan P. Dupuis, Joseph G. Maffei, Scott J. Goetz, Peter P. Marra, Peter Daszak, A. Alonso Aguirre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Land use
disease
urbanization
serology
Sciurus carolinensis
indicator species
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/6/07-0352_article

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