West Nile Virus Fitness Costs in Different Mosquito Species.
West Nile virus (WNV) remains an important public health problem causing annual epidemics in the United States. Grubaugh et al. observed that WNV genetic divergence is dependent on the vector mosquito species. This suggests that specific WNV vector-bird species pairings may generate novel genotypes that could promote outbreaks.
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Electronic address: lcoffey@ucdavis.edu.
Lark L
LL
Coffey
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
William K
WK
Reisen
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West Nile virus; arthropod-borne virus; emergence; evolution; viral genetics; viral population dynamics