| dengue virus in bats from southeastern mexico. | to identify the relationship between landscape use and dengue virus (denv) occurrence in bats, we investigated the presence of denv from anthropogenically changed and unaltered landscapes in two biosphere reserves: calakmul (campeche) and montes azules (chiapas) in southern mexico. spleen samples of 146 bats, belonging to 16 species, were tested for four denv serotypes with standard reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) protocols. six bats (4.1%) tested positive for denv-2: fo ... | 2014 | 24752688 |
| potential sympatric vectors and mammalian hosts of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus in southern mexico. | arboviruses are important zoonotic agents with complex transmission cycles and are not well understood because they may involve many vectors and hosts. we studied sympatric wild mammals and hematophagous mosquitoes having the potential to act as hosts and vectors in two areas of southern mexico. mosquitoes, bats, and rodents were captured in calakmul (campeche) and montes azules (chiapas), between november 2010 and august 2011. spleen samples from 146 bats and 14 rodents were tested for molecula ... | 2017 | 28384059 |