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 J. de 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. TurellAlex Pauvolid-Corrêa, Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez, Héctor Ochoa-Díaz-López, Sarah A. Hamer, Gabriel L. Hamer

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1071-1074
Number of pages4
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume28
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2022

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