Spondweni virus in field-caught culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes, Haiti, 2016

Sarah K. White; John A. Lednicky; Bernard A. Okech; J. Glenn Morris; James C. Dunford

doi:10.3201/eid2409.171957

Spondweni virus in field-caught culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes, Haiti, 2016

Sarah K. White^*, John A. Lednicky, Bernard A. Okech, J. Glenn Morris, James C. Dunford

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1765-1767
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	24
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2409.171957
State	Published - Sep 2018
Externally published	Yes

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