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University of California - Santa Barbara
Diversity among bird populations found to reduce threat of West Nile virus
July 8th, 2008
A biologist and undergraduate student have discovered that what's good for an area's bird population is also good for people living nearby. The research, by John P. Swaddle and Stavros E. Calos, published June 25 in the online peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE, indicates that areas which have a more diverse bird population (biodiversity) show much lower incidences of West Nile virus infection in the human population. West Nile develops rapidly in bird populations, and then can be passed to humans or other animals through a vector mechanism, often a mosquito. Swaddle completed the work while a Sabbatical Fellow at the National Center for Ecological...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-08)
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