The Growing Threat of Wildlife Disease. Laura Tangley.
by Tangley, Laura; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 29Science. Publisher: National Wildlife, 2003ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Animals as carriers of disease | Bird populations | Birds -- Diseases | Die-off (Zoology) | Pathogenic microorganisms | Vaccines -- Research | West Nile virusDDC classification: 050 Summary: "'West Nile virus is much more a wildlife disease than it is a human disease,' says Emi Saito, West Nile surveillance coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center. Though some 246 people died of the virus last year [2002], hundreds of thousands of birds succumbed--mostly crows and blue jays, but also scores of less common birds, from bluebirds and hummingbirds to owls, hawks and eagles." (NATIONAL WILDLIFE) This article discusses the spread of West Nile virus across the United States and Canada and examines the work being done to develop an effective vaccine.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Growing Threat of Wildlife Disease, April/May 2003; pp. 37-49.
"'West Nile virus is much more a wildlife disease than it is a human disease,' says Emi Saito, West Nile surveillance coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center. Though some 246 people died of the virus last year [2002], hundreds of thousands of birds succumbed--mostly crows and blue jays, but also scores of less common birds, from bluebirds and hummingbirds to owls, hawks and eagles." (NATIONAL WILDLIFE) This article discusses the spread of West Nile virus across the United States and Canada and examines the work being done to develop an effective vaccine.
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