West Nile Virus Threat Reduced By Diversity Among Bird Populations In Surrounding Area
A more diverse bird population can help lower the incidence of WestNile virus in the surrounding human population, in a process called the”dilution effect,” according to an article released in the open accessjournal PLoS ONE on June 25, 2008.West Nile Virus, usually infecting birds but also affecting humans, isoften passed through mosquitoes.
