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Large West Nile Outbreaks Follow Warm Winters, Study Finds
Posted: 07/17/2013 10:26 am EDT
By Bahar Gholipour, Staff Writer
Published: 07/16/2013 04:30 PM EDT on LiveScience
Unusually warm winters are one reason for larger-than-average outbreaks of West Nile virus in the following summers, a new study finds.
Using weather data for the 11 years since West Nile virus was first detected in Dallas County in 2001, the researchers found a relationship between winter temperatures and the rate of infections ? the fewer winter days with temperatures dipping below 28 degrees, the higher the number of cases of West Nile illness over the next summer...
Large West Nile Outbreaks Follow Warm Winters, Study Finds
Posted: 07/17/2013 10:26 am EDT
By Bahar Gholipour, Staff Writer
Published: 07/16/2013 04:30 PM EDT on LiveScience
Unusually warm winters are one reason for larger-than-average outbreaks of West Nile virus in the following summers, a new study finds.
Using weather data for the 11 years since West Nile virus was first detected in Dallas County in 2001, the researchers found a relationship between winter temperatures and the rate of infections ? the fewer winter days with temperatures dipping below 28 degrees, the higher the number of cases of West Nile illness over the next summer...