Spondweni Virus in Field-Caught Culex quinquefasciatus Mosquitoes, Haiti, 2016
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.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/9/17-1957_article |