Effects of ivermectin treatment of backyard chickens on mosquito dynamics and West Nile virus transmission

• Karen M. Holcomb,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Davis Arbovirus Research and Training Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9403-3756

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• Chilinh Nguyen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8772-9088

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• Brian D. Foy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Michelle Ahn,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Davis Arbovirus Research and Training Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Kurt Cramer,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Davis Arbovirus Research and Training Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6006-348X

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• Emma T. Lonstrup,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Davis Arbovirus Research and Training Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7491-8875

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• Asli Mete,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab, Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7612-6713

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• Lisa A. Tell,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

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• Christopher M. Barker

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cmbarker@ucdavis.edu

  Affiliation Davis Arbovirus Research and Training Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7941-346X

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