Assessing the Influence of Climate on the Spatial Pattern of West Nile Virus Incidence in the United States.

Morgan E GorrisJames T RandersonShane R CoffieldKathleen K TresederCharles S ZenderChonggang XuCarrie A Manore

Published in: Environmental health perspectives (2023)

We consider which aspects of the WNV transmission cycle climate conditions may benefit the most and argued that dry and cold winters are climate conditions optimal for the mosquito species key to amplifying WNV transmission. Our statistical model may be useful in projecting shifts in WNV risk in response to climate change. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP10986.

Keyphrases

climate change
human health
risk factors
aedes aegypti
risk assessment
dengue virus