Naowarat, SurapolTang, I Ming2009-05-272009-05-272004-03-27Naowarat S, Tang IM. Effect of bird-to-bird transmission of the West Nile virus on the dynamics of the transmission of this disease. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 2004 Mar; 35(1): 162-6http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/31966The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.Two recent publications report that direct bird-to-bird transmission of West Nile virus is possible. The effect of a bird-to-bird transmission on the transmission dynamics of this virus is studied through mathematical modeling. The model still treats the bird-to-mosquito-to-bird as the main transmission route. The results of numerical calculations show that there are changes in the dynamics of the transmission of West Nile fever in humans when the non-mosquito transmission route becomes more important.engAnimalsBird Diseases --diagnosisBirdsCulicidaeDisease Transmission, InfectiousDisease VectorsHumansModels, StatisticalSensitivity and SpecificityThailandWest Nile Fever --diagnosisWest Nile virus --isolation & purificationJournal Article