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Serosurvey For Evidence Of Dengue And West Nile Virus Human Infections In El Paso, Texas, Veronica Suarez
Serosurvey For Evidence Of Dengue And West Nile Virus Human Infections In El Paso, Texas, Veronica Suarez
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Dengue viruses (DENV), including the 4 serotypes are the cause of dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever. The viruses are transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in urban communities in tropical, sub-tropical, and temperate regions and are the cause of the highest rate of infection and death of all known Flaviviruses. DENV are endemic in United States (US) -Mexico (MX) border communities in the Rio Grande Valley and suspected of being endemic in Ciudad Juarez, a sister city to El Paso, TX. To determine if DENV were endemic in the El Paso community, cord-blood samples from mothers were tested for antibody …