Research
Local impact of temperature and precipitation on West Nile virus infection in Culex species mosquitoes in northeast Illinois, USA
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* Corresponding author: Marilyn O Ruiz moruiz@illinois.edu
1 Department of Pathobiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
2 Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3 Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
4 Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI. USA
5 Vector Control Program, Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, Illinois, USA
6 Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Parasites & Vectors 2010, 3:19 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-3-19
Published: 19 March 2010Additional files
Additional file 1:
Details regarding the selection of covariates and patterns of mosquito infection relative to weather variables. This file includes a graph of Mosquito infection compared to degree week, and precipitation and a correlation contour graph between degree week and mosquito infection at a range of base temperatures.
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Additional file 2:
Details regarding the temporal linear regression results. This file has three parts: A) Scatter plots between key covariates and mosquito infection. B) Residual plots, autocorrelation function graphs, and Q-Q plots for the four linear regression models described in Table 2 in ms. C) Equations for each of the four models.
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Additional file 3:
A regression tree graphic. An example of a regression tree graphic showing results from the 2004 model with both weather and other variables.
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