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- Title
Spondweni Virus in Field-Caught Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes, Haiti, 2016.
- Authors
White, Sarah K.; Lednicky, John A.; Okech, Bernard A.; Morris Jr., J. Glenn; Dunford, James C.; Morris, J Glenn Jr
- Abstract
Spondweni virus (SPONV) and Zika virus cause similar diseases in humans. We detected SPONV outside of Africa from a pool of Culex mosquitoes collected in Haiti in 2016. This finding raises questions about the role of SPONV as a human pathogen in Haiti and other Caribbean countries.
- Subjects
HAITI; CULEX; ZIKA virus; FLAVIVIRAL diseases; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; MOSQUITO vectors; ANIMALS; DISEASE vectors; FLAVIVIRUSES; MOSQUITOES; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; PREVENTION
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 9, p1765
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.3201/eid2409.171957