| potential for waterborne and invertebrate transmission of west nile virus in the great salt lake, utah. | in november and december of 2013, a large mortality event involving 15,000 to 20,000 eared grebes (podiceps nigricollis) occurred at the great salt lake (gsl), ut. the onset of the outbreak in grebes was followed by a mortality event in >86 bald eagles (haliaeetus leucocephalus). during the die-off, west nile virus (wnv) was detected by reverse transcription-pcr (rt-pcr) or viral culture in the carcasses of grebes and eagles submitted to the national wildlife health center. however, no activity ... | 2017 | 28500043 |