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West Nile Virus Survey of Birds, Horses, and Mosquitoes of the Pacific Coast, Southern Mexico
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Cortés Guzmán, Antonio Juan y Sánchez Casas, Rosa María y Ibarra Juárez, Luis Arturo y Ortega Morales, Aldo Iván y García Rejón, Julián Everardo y Contreras Cordero, Juan Francisco y Mis Ávila, Pedro y Domínguez Galera, Marco Antonio y Rebollar Téllez, Eduardo Alfonso y Medina de la Garza, Carlos Eduardo y Fernández Salas, Ildefonso (2013) West Nile Virus Survey of Birds, Horses, and Mosquitoes of the Pacific Coast, Southern Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist, 38 (2). pp. 231-240. ISSN 2162-2647
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Cortés Guzmán, Antonio Juan
Sánchez Casas, Rosa María
Ibarra Juárez, Luis Arturo
Ortega Morales, Aldo Iván
García Rejón, Julián Everardo
Contreras Cordero, Juan Francisco
Mis Ávila, Pedro
Domínguez Galera, Marco Antonio
Rebollar Téllez, Eduardo Alfonso
Medina de la Garza, Carlos Eduardo
Fernández Salas, Ildefonso
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Abstract
Abstract. Serology of West Nile virus vectors and non-human reservoirs was surveyed at Acapulco, Jose Azueta, and Ometepec, three Pacific Coast localities of
Guerrero State, Mexico. The objectives of this study were to use enzyme-linked immnosorbent assay (ELISA) to assess West Nile virus antibodies of bird and equine serum samples and use reverse transcription of polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to detect the virus in field-collected resting mosquitoes. Forty birds trapped using mist nets yielded 10% seroprevalence. Similarly, 18.6% of 102
equine blood samples had West Nile virus. In addition, 4,854 mosquitoes were caught using motorized backpack aspirators and grouped into 116 pools. Of the 16 species and seven genera, no mosquito was positive for West Nile virus. Our study demonstrated West Nile virus seroprevalence on resident birds and equines in Guerrero State, Mexico.