PhysOrg Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Although it would seem logical that large numbers of roosting birds would attract more mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus and contract the disease when bitten, recent research at the University of Illinois found the opposite to be true. That is, when large groups of birds roost together the chances that an individual bird will get bitten by mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus and subsequently contract the disease actually go down. Read the full article on PhysOrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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