Affiliation:
1. Unidad de Investigación Entomológica y Bioensayos‐Servicios de Salud de Chihuahua Ciudad de Juárez Mexico
2. Infection and Immunity Direction/Vector Borne Disease Department Centro de Inevestigaciones Sobre Enfermedades Infecciosas Cuernavaca Mexico
3. Coordinación de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vector y Zoonosis Servicios de Salud de Morelos Cuernavaca Mexico
4. Centro Nacional de Programas Preventivos y Control de Enfermedades Ciudad de México Mexico
5. Biomedical Research Institute Universidad Nacional Autonnoma de México Ciudad de México Mexico
Abstract
AbstractWest Nile virus (WNV) has been documented in human and/or mosquito samples near the border with Mexico in El Paso, Texas, and Doña Ana County, New Mexico. However, on the Mexican side of the border, particularly in the State of Chihuahua, no such cases of WNV‐infected mosquitoes have been documented. We tested 367 mosquitoes of four species (Culex quinquefasciatus, Cx. tarsalis, Aedes aegypti, and Aedes (Ochlerotatus) epactius) and found a high rate of WNV‐positivity, including the first record of Ae. (Ochlerotatus) epactius infection with WNV. These results call for intensifying WNV surveillance efforts on the border between the United States and Mexico, with particular emphasis on vector control and monitoring of the species included in this study.
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Parasitology
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