An inverse association between West Nile virus serostatus and avian malaria infection status

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 **A summary AICc table for generalized linear mixed models that considered both host ages simultaneously and an age*WNV serostatus interaction effect**

	K	AICc	ΔAICc	w_iAICc
a) Total Haemosporida
mon+yr+age+wnv+wnv*age	9	2056.5	0.0	0.97
mon+yr+age+wnv	8	2064.0	7.5	0.02
b) Total *Plasmodium*
mon+yr+age+wnv+*wnvage**	9	1704.7	0.0	0.99
mon+yr+age+wnv	8	1713.9	9.1	0.01
c) Total *Haemoproteus*
mon	5	742.3	0.0	0.32
mon+yr	6	744.1	1.8	0.13
mon+age	6	744.2	1.9	0.12
mon+wnv	6	744.3	2.0	0.12
d) *P. cathemerium*
mon+yr+age+wnv	8	823.4	0.0	0.59
mon+yr+age+wnv+*wnvage**	9	825.2	1.8	0.24
e) *P. elongatum*
yr+age+wnv	5	586.23	0.0	0.40
yr+age+wnv+*wnvage**	6	587.0	0.8	0.27
yr+age	4	587.6	1.4	0.20

Models with ΔAICc < 3.0 are shown. However, when only one model had a ΔAICc < 3.0, the next best model was listed for comparison. Abbreviations are as follows: mon = month of capture, yr = year of capture, age = age class, wnv = WNV serostatus (seropositive, seronegative). Species was a random effect in all models tested.

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