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Costs of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and resistance and strain-specific effects on survival in Culex pipiens. Exposure to mosquito-adapted WNV (MP20) decreases survival with or without establishment of infection (costs of infection and resistance) while exposure to wildtype (WT) WNV does not alter survival. Decreased survival in infected mosquitoes decreases vectorial capacity despite increased vector competence of WNV MP20. Adapted from [89].
