Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2022)
Domestic Dogs as Sentinels for West Nile Virus but not Aedes-borne Flaviviruses, Mexico
- Edward Davila,
- Nadia A. Fernández-Santos,
- José Guillermo Estrada-Franco,
- Lihua Wei,
- Jesús A. Aguilar-Durán,
- María de J. López-López,
- Roberto Solís-Hernández,
- Rosario García-Miranda,
- Doireyner Daniel Velázquez-Ramírez,
- Jasiel Torres-Romero,
- Susana Arellano Chávez,
- Raúl Cruz-Cadena,
- Roberto Navarro-López,
- Adalberto A. Pérez de León,
- Carlos Guichard-Romero,
- Estelle Martin,
- Wendy Tang,
- Matthias Frank,
- Monica Borucki,
- Michael J. Turell,
- Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa,
- Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez,
- Héctor Ochoa-Díaz-López,
- Sarah A. Hamer,
- Gabriel L. Hamer
Affiliations
- Edward Davila
- Nadia A. Fernández-Santos
- José Guillermo Estrada-Franco
- Lihua Wei
- Jesús A. Aguilar-Durán
- María de J. López-López
- Roberto Solís-Hernández
- Rosario García-Miranda
- Doireyner Daniel Velázquez-Ramírez
- Jasiel Torres-Romero
- Susana Arellano Chávez
- Raúl Cruz-Cadena
- Roberto Navarro-López
- Adalberto A. Pérez de León
- Carlos Guichard-Romero
- Estelle Martin
- Wendy Tang
- Matthias Frank
- Monica Borucki
- Michael J. Turell
- Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa
- Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez
- Héctor Ochoa-Díaz-López
- Sarah A. Hamer
- Gabriel L. Hamer
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.211879
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 28,
no. 5
pp. 1071 – 1074
Abstract
We tested 294 domestic pet dogs in Mexico for neutralizing antibodies for mosquito-borne flaviviruses. We found high (42.6%) exposure to West Nile virus in Reynosa (northern Mexico) and low (1.2%) exposure in Tuxtla Gutierrez (southern Mexico) but very limited exposure to Aedes-borne flaviviruses. Domestic dogs may be useful sentinels for West Nile virus.
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