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. 2018 Apr 3;8:96. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00096

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Transmission cycle of West Nile virus through its animal hosts. (A,B) Birds become infected with WNV and viral titer increases, (C,D) birds transmit the infection to mosquitoes, (E) which transmit the infection to birds, causing enzootic infection, or (F) bridge the infection to humans and horses, the common dead-end hosts.