Is West Nile virus on your radar? It should be.

Is West Nile virus on your radar? It should be.

Medpage Today, July 20, 2023

Apart from its erratic effects on humans, forecasting West Nile virus outbreaks remain a challenge. Dr. Scott Weaver, a leading medical entomologist and virologist at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston said the virus is “very widespread, still zoonotic...[and although] it's transmitted more efficiently by Culex mosquitoes when it's hot, it does well both in drought and rainy conditions.”

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