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Domestic Dogs as Sentinels for West Nile Virus but not Aedes-borne Flaviviruses, Mexico.
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Davila, Edward; Fernández-Santos, Nadia A.; Estrada-Franco, José Guillermo; Lihua Wei; Aguilar-Durán, Jesús A.; de J. López-López, María; Solís-Hernández, Roberto; García-Miranda, Rosario; Velázquez-Ramírez, Doireyner Daniel; Torres-Romero, Jasiel; Chávez, Susana Arellano; Cruz-Cadena, Raúl; Navarro-López, Roberto; Pérez de León, Adalberto A.; Guichard-Romero, Carlos; Martin, Estelle; Tang, Wendy; Frank, Matthias; Borucki, Monica; Turell, Michael J.
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ISSN
1080-6040
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]