Increased Avian Diversity Is Associated with Lower Incidence of Human West Nile Infection: Observation of the Dilution Effect

• John P. Swaddle ,

  * E-mail: jpswad@wm.edu

  Affiliations National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Institute of Integrative Bird Behavior Studies, Biology Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Stavros E. Calos

  Affiliation Institute of Integrative Bird Behavior Studies, Biology Department, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America

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