Testing Your Knowledge

Can you think of some ways to stop West Nile virus from spreading?

Take a couple of minutes to think about the answer before moving to the next slide.

An illustration of a bird and a mosquito with clockwise arrows and hexagons leading from the bird to the mosquito and vice versa with a question mark in the middle. A green arrow labeled Food, Space, and Breeding Sites points to the bird. Green arrows labeled Weather and Climate point to the bird and the arrow leading to the mosquito. Four arrows forming a circle labeled Vector Life Cycle appear below the mosquito. A green arrow labeled Weather and Climate and a second green arrow labeled Food, Space, and Breeding Sites both point to the vector life cycle.Green arrows labeled Predators and Pathogens point to the arrow leading to the bird.
Factors that affect the West Nile virus transmission cycle