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Birds Protect Us from West Nile Virus Medical records show that cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) infections are far less likely to occur in settled areas that have a wide variety of bird species living inside. Scientists believe that this happens because birds are poor viral carriers altogether. In other words, mosquitoes are far less likely to bite birds,... 9 October 2008 06:53 GMT