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Priority Contribution West Nile virus in the New World: potential impacts on bird species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2004

A. TOWNSEND PETERSON ,
NICHOLAS KOMAR ,
OLIVER KOMAR ,
ADOLFO NAVARRO-SIGÜENZA ,
MARK B. ROBBINS  and
ENRIQUE MARTÍNEZ-MEYER
A. TOWNSEND PETERSON
Affiliation:
University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
NICHOLAS KOMAR
Affiliation:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Arbovirus Diseases Branch, Arbovirus Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
OLIVER KOMAR
Affiliation:
University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA SalvaNATURA, Conservation Science Program, Colonia Flor Blanca, 33 Ave. Sur #640, San Salvador, El Salvador
ADOLFO NAVARRO-SIGÜENZA
Affiliation:
Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-399, México DF 04510, México
MARK B. ROBBINS
Affiliation:
University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
ENRIQUE MARTÍNEZ-MEYER
Affiliation:
Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F., México
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Abstract

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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.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , December 2004 , pp. 215 - 232
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© BirdLife International 2004