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Infected females in some mosquito species can pass WNV onto their eggs, which lie dormant over the winter and then hatch in the spring and summer. WNV can also return to an area from migrating birds returning from warmer climates where WNV can reside year round. See Mosquito 101 [PDF] for additional information.
