Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Drought identified as key to severity of West Nile virus epidemics

02/15/2017 10:28 AM EST

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A study led by the University of California, Santa Cruz, researchers has found that drought dramatically increases the severity of West Nile virus epidemics in the United States, although populations affected by large outbreaks acquire immunity that limits the size of subsequent epidemics.


Full story at http://news.ucsc.edu/2017/02/west-nile-virus.html

Source
University of California, Santa Cruz


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