Plants and West Nile Virus Risk (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Plants and West Nile Virus Risk

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Some invasive, non-native plants enhanced Culex pipiens mosquito abundance, increasing the risk of West Nile virus transmission. Some native plants had the opposite effect, researchers found.

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Julie McMahon

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