Researchers say the end of California’s drought could offer a surprising benefit: reduced transmission of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus.
Most people with the virus experience only mild symptoms, and they may get tested only if public concern about the disease is running high.
Scientists and public health officials say that while drought plays a significant role in increasing the rate of infection, other factors — especially the extent of human immunity — are also important and can cut the other way, making it hard to predict infection rates from year to year. More people have immunity following years with high infection rates, and that can help reduce the number of new infections.Nationally, the number of severe West Nile cases in the U.S.
Over the long term, scientists fear that infection rates could rise around the country as climate change makes drought conditions more likely.
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