1. Domestic Dogs as Sentinels for West Nile Virus but not Aedes-borne Flaviviruses, Mexico.
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Davila E, Fernández-Santos NA, Estrada-Franco JG, Wei L, Aguilar-Durán JA, López-López MJ, Solís-Hernández R, García-Miranda R, Velázquez-Ramírez DD, Torres-Romero J, Chávez SA, Cruz-Cadena R, Navarro-López R, de León AAP, Guichard-Romero C, Martin E, Tang W, Frank M, Borucki M, Turell MJ, Pauvolid-Corrêa A, Rodríguez-Pérez MA, Ochoa-Díaz-López H, Hamer SA, and Hamer GL
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- Animals, Antibodies, Neutralizing, Dogs, Mexico epidemiology, Aedes, Culicidae, Flavivirus, West Nile Fever epidemiology, West Nile Fever veterinary, West Nile virus
- 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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- 2022
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