TY  - JOUR
T1  - REcord heat may have contributed to a banner year for west nile virus
AU  - Kuehn BM
Y1  - 2012/11/14
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.13495
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1846
EP  - 1848
VL  - 308
IS  - 18
N2  - 
This surge in cases—which was concentrated in Texas, Mississippi, Michigan, South Dakota, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and California—likely resulted from a confluence of ecological factors, including higher-than-normal temperatures, that may have influenced mosquito and bird abundance, the replication of the virus in its host mosquitoes, and interactions of birds and mosquitoes in hard-hit areas, according to Lyle Petersen, MD, MPH, Director of the CDC's Division of Vector-Borne Diseases. Petersen discussed this year's resurgence of West Nile virus with JAMA. 

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.13495
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.13495
ER  -