Dengue Fever Seroprevalence and Risk Factors, Texas–Mexico Border, 2004
Joan Marie Brunkard*

, Jose Luis Robles López†, Josue Ramirez‡, Enrique Cifuentes§, Stephen J. Rothenberg§¶, Elizabeth A. Hunsperger#, Chester G. Moore**, Regina M. Brussolo††, Norma A. Villarreal††, and Brent M. Haddad*
Author affiliations: *University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA; †Servicios de Salud de la Jurisdicción Sanitaria III, Matamoros, Mexico; ‡Health Department–City of Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas, USA; §Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Mexico; ¶Centro de Investigacíon y de Estudios Avanzados–Instituto Politéchnico Nacional], Mérida, Mexico; #Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico; **Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA; ††Laboratorio Estatal de Salud Pública de Tamaulipas, Ciudad Victoria, Mexico;
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Table 6
House index: percentage of premises positive for a given mosquito species in Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico, 2004
Species |
Brownsville, % |
Matamoros, % |
p value* |
Aedes aegypti |
14 |
25 |
0.003 |
Ae. albopictus |
13 |
4 |
0.0001 |
Culex quinquefasciatus |
5 |
4 |
0.69 |
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