Neat article alloy2!
A friend of mine did his master thesis on early West Nile outbreaks in South Dakota. It ended up that the skeeter that carried it at least here, breeds in low spots of grasslands. Sort of surprising results, counties that had a greater proportion of grasslands in them had more disease cases than the counties with lots of wetlands. I think a lot of people have become immune to W. Nile. If I had some extra cash, I'd have a blood titer drawn on me just to find for grins if I was immune. That would be second after going a dna draw on my dog to find out his other breed half.
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