... Culex species being the most susceptible to infection with WNV (Brinton 2002; Hubalek 2001). These mosquitos spread the virus through a mosquito-bird cycle where a mosquito extracts blood from an infected bird, becomes infected and is then capable of infecting another bird. Although it is possible for the mosquito to transmit the virus to a human, there are no known cases were the virus was ... of the close genetic relationship the West Nile virus isolates from Israel and New York share. Most people bitten by an infected mosquito never get sick, and most only suffer flu-like symptoms, m...

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