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Proc Biol Sci. 2006 Jan 7;273(1582):109-17.

Avian diversity and West Nile virus: testing associations between biodiversity and infectious disease risk.

Ezenwa VO, Godsey MS, King RJ, Guptill SC

U.S. Geological Survey, 521 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, USA. vanessa.ezenwa@umontana.edu

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 6337

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
Yes Yes Yes No No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
cross sectional 42,666 ingestion, other exposure yes repeated
disease model - - -
Exposures West Nile virus
Risk factors Biodiversity
Urbanization
Outcomes West Nile Fever
Species Birds
Culex
Culex nigripalpus
Human
Songbirds
Locations
United States Louisiana Saint Tammany Parish (populated place)

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