West Nile disease and its control

Abstract

Donald R. Barnard from the USDA-Agricultural Research Service Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology at Gainesville in Florida, USA, describes West Nile virus, an emerging mosquito-borne disease agent in North America where it threatens human and animal health. Historically, it has caused encephalitis and death in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, west and central Asia, and Oceania. Preventing future outbreaks of WN fever requires effective virus surveillance and mosquito control technology.