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West Nile virus in the New World: potential impacts on bird species
Peterson, A. Townsend Komar, Nicholas Komar, Oliver Navarro-Sigüenza, Adolfo G. Robbins, Mark B. Martínez-Meyer, Enrique
Peterson, A. Townsend
Komar, Nicholas
Komar, Oliver
Navarro-Sigüenza, Adolfo G.
Robbins, Mark B.
Martínez-Meyer, Enrique
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The past five years have seen the arrival and extremely rapid expansion of West Nile virus
(WNV) in the Western Hemisphere. The rapid sweep across North America has permitted
little time for developing knowledge of the virus’s potential impacts on wildlife in
the New World. Given this information gap, we here summarize for the ornithological
community what is known or can be anticipated for WNV’s effect on bird communities in
coming years. Our particular focus is on impacts of WNV on the conservation status of
birds, the principal vertebrate reservoir for the virus.
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2004
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Cambridge University Press
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Peterson, A. T., N. Komar, O. Komar, A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, M. B. Robbins, and E. Martínez-Meyer. 2004. West Nile Virus in the New World: Potential impacts on bird species. Bird Conservation International 14:215-232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0959270904000309