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...Epstein claims that weather patterns surrounding outbreaks in Russia in 1999, Romania in 1996 and several in Israel dating back to 1951 support his theory...
...Drought is what amplifies the virus among birds and mosquitoes and makes for large outbreaks,” said Paul R. Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School. Epstein works with a team of researchers on the West Nile virus under the sponsorship of the Consortium for Conservation Medicine...
Despite West Nile’s short history in the United States—it first appeared in New York City in 1999, claiming seven lives—Epstein said he is able to point to an emerging pattern that tends to support his theory...
According to Epstein, “No one knows exactly how the virus came to New York. But we do have a good sense of the conditions that helped amplify...
Even some of those who do not completely agree with Epstein do not doubt this basic premise...