Globalization, land use, and the invasion of West Nile virus

AM Kilpatrick - Science, 2011‏ - science.org
Many invasive species that have been spread through the globalization of trade and travel
are pathogens. A paradigmatic case is the introduction of West Nile virus (WNV) into North …

Impact of climate change on the global circulation of West Nile virus and adaptation responses: a sco** review

HR Wang, T Liu, X Gao, HB Wang… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2024‏ - mednexus.org
Background West Nile virus (WNV), the most widely distributed flavivirus causing
encephalitis globally, is a vector-borne pathogen of global importance. The changing …

Landscape epidemiology of vector-borne diseases

WK Reisen - Annual review of entomology, 2010‏ - annualreviews.org
Landscape epidemiology describes how the temporal dynamics of host, vector, and
pathogen populations interact spatially within a permissive environment to enable …

Drought and immunity determine the intensity of West Nile virus epidemics and climate change impacts

SH Paull, DE Horton, M Ashfaq… - … of the Royal …, 2017‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
The effect of global climate change on infectious disease remains hotly debated because
multiple extrinsic and intrinsic drivers interact to influence transmission dynamics in …

[PDF][PDF] Host selection by Culex pipiens mosquitoes and West Nile virus amplification

GL Hamer, UD Kitron, TL Goldberg… - … American journal of …, 2009‏ - hamerlab.tamu.edu
Recent field studies have suggested that the dynamics of West Nile virus (WNV)
transmission are influenced strongly by a few key super spreader bird species that function …

Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae): A Bridge Vector of West Nile Virus to Humans

GL Hamer, UD Kitron, JD Brawn… - Journal of medical …, 2008‏ - academic.oup.com
Host-feeding patterns of Culex pipiens L. collected in southwest suburban Chicago in 2005
were studied using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing techniques …

West Nile virus eco-epidemiology and climate change

J Heidecke, A Lavarello Schettini, J Rocklöv - PLoS Climate, 2023‏ - journals.plos.org
West Nile virus (WNV) is an arbovirus with a wide geographical distribution. It is maintained
in an enzootic bird-mosquito cycle and exhibits regular zoonotic transmission to humans, to …

Local impact of temperature and precipitation on West Nile virus infection in Culex species mosquitoes in northeast Illinois, USA

MO Ruiz, LF Chaves, GL Hamer, T Sun, WM Brown… - Parasites & vectors, 2010‏ - Springer
Background Models of the effects of environmental factors on West Nile virus disease risk
have yielded conflicting outcomes. The role of precipitation has been especially difficult to …

Introduction, spread, and establishment of West Nile virus in the Americas

LD Kramer, AT Ciota… - Journal of medical …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract The introduction of West Nile virus (WNV) to North America in 1999 and its
subsequent rapid spread across the Americas demonstrated the potential impact of arboviral …

The contribution of Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes to transmission and persistence of West Nile virus in North America

TG Andreadis - Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 2012‏ - BioOne
Mosquitoes within the Culex pipiens complex have been implicated as major vectors of West
Nile virus (WNV) in North America due to their seasonal abundance, vector competence and …