In fact, winter temperatures show an increasing trend over the study period in these areas (see Supplementary Fig. 1), which may have favored vector survival rates in winter (perhaps also of WNV avian reservoirs) and resulted in an increase in transmission.
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Insights into the spatiotemporal dynamics of West Nile virus transmission in emerging scenarios.
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The rainfall regime, unlike temperatures, did not show a clear trend during the study period in any of the areas (Supplementary Fig. 1), but a very changeable pattern between years as is usual in a Mediterranean climate.