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. 2018 Apr;18(4):231-233.
doi: 10.1089/vbz.2017.2202. Epub 2018 Feb 27.

First Evidence of Vertical Infection of Dengue Virus 2 in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes from Sinaloa, Mexico

Annete Itzel Apodaca-Medina  1 , José Israel Torres-Avendaño  1 , José Guadalupe Rendón-Maldonado  1 , Edith Hilario Torres-Montoya  1   2 , Beatriz Armida Flores-López  2 , Rosa M Del Angel  3 , Jesús Salvador Velarde-Félix  1   2 , Víctor Manuel Salomón-Soto  2 , Hipólito Castillo-Ureta  1   2
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First Evidence of Vertical Infection of Dengue Virus 2 in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes from Sinaloa, Mexico

Annete Itzel Apodaca-Medina et al. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2018 Apr.

Abstract

Fourteen pools of Aedes aegypti larvae collected within the urban area of Culiacán, Sinaloa, were analyzed by RT-PCR. The results demonstrate, for the first time, the vertical infection of serotype-2 dengue virus (DENV-2) in Sinaloa, Mexico, suggesting that Ae. aegypti acts as a natural reservoir of DENV-2 in this region.

Keywords: Dengue virus; Mexico; Sinaloa; vertical infection.

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