Seasonal temperatures and hydrological conditions improve the prediction of West Nile virus infection rates in Culex mosquitoes and human case counts in New York and Connecticut

• Alexander C. Keyel ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: akeyel@albany.edu

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Disease, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States of America, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5256-6274

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• Oliver Elison Timm,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, United States of America

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• P. Bryon Backenson,

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

  Affiliation Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States of America

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• Catharine Prussing,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6425-6839

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• Sarah Quinones,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, United States of America

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• Kathleen A. McDonough,

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

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Disease, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, United States of America

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• Mathias Vuille,

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

  Affiliation Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, United States of America

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• Jan E. Conn,

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

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States of America

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• Philip M. Armstrong,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Vector Biology & Zoonotic Diseases, Department of Environmental Sciences, The Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, New Haven, CT, United States of America

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• Theodore G. Andreadis,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Vector Biology & Zoonotic Diseases, Department of Environmental Sciences, The Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, New Haven, CT, United States of America

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• Laura D. Kramer

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

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, United States of America

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