ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2013
Avian hosts of West Nile virus in Arizona.
Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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- The emergence of NY10: insights into the 2012 West Nile Virus outbreak in the United States.Virus evolution · 2025Article
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- Comparison of West Nile Virus Disease in Humans and Horses: Exploiting Similarities for Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance.Viruses · 2023Review
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- Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) as a tolerant host of avian malaria parasites.PloS one · 2022Article
- West Nile Virus in the State of Ceará, Northeast Brazil.Microorganisms · 2021Article
- Bird Species Involved in West Nile Virus Epidemiological Cycle in Southern Québec.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- On the Fly: Interactions Between Birds, Mosquitoes, and Environment That Have Molded West Nile Virus Genomic Structure Over Two Decades.Journal of medical entomology · 2019Review
- Evaluation of a novel West Nile virus transmission control strategy that targets Culex tarsalis with endectocide-containing blood meals.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Focal amplification and suppression of West Nile virus transmission associated with communal bird roosts in northern Colorado.Journal of vector ecology : journal of the Society for Vector Ecology · 2018Article
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- Methods for detection of West Nile virus antibodies in mosquito blood meals.Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association · 2015Article
- Reduced West Nile Virus Transmission Around Communal Roosts of Great-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus).EcoHealth · 2015Article
- Evidence for co-evolution of West Nile Virus and house sparrows in North America.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014Article
- Neuroinvasive arboviral disease in the United States: 2003 to 2012.Pediatrics · 2014Review
- North American encephalitic arboviruses.Neurologic clinics · 2008Review
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Abstract
West Nile virus (WNV) causes sporadic outbreaks of human encephalitis in Phoenix, Arizona. To identify amplifying hosts of WNV in the Phoenix area, we blood-sampled resident birds and measured antibody prevalence following an outbreak in the East Valley of metropolitan Phoenix during summer, 2010. House sparrow (Passer domesticus), house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus), and mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) accounted for most WNV infections among locally resident birds. These species roost communally after early summer breeding. In September 2010, Culex vector-avian host contact was 3-fold greater at communal bird roosts compared with control sites, as determined by densities of resting mosquitoes with previous vertebrate contact (i.e., blood-engorged or gravid mosquitoes). Because of the low competence of mourning doves, these were considered weak amplifiers but potentially effective free-ranging sentinels. Highly competent sparrows, finches, and grackles were predicted to be key amplifying hosts for WNV in suburban Phoenix.
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