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University of California - Santa Cruz
Higher temperatures helped new strain of West Nile virus spread
July 15th, 2008
SANTA CRUZ, CA--Higher temperatures helped a new strain of West Nile virus invade and spread across North America, according to a study published in the June 27 issue of the journal PLoS Pathogens. "The study shows that the warmer the temperature, the greater the advantage of the new strain. It also indicates that increases in temperatures due to global climate change would have major effects on transmission of the virus," said A. Marm Kilpatrick, first author of the paper and a senior research scientist for the Consortium for Conservation Medicine. Kilpatrick, now an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-15)
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