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Volume 32, Number 8—August 2026

Dispatch

Detection of Dengue Virus in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Norbert Nowotny, Noushad Karuvantevida1, Elmahi Eltilib Gubran1, Naseem Mohammed Rafee, Adel Abdulla AlKarrani, Ghanim Al Hammadi, Nasna Nassir, Dia Advani, Mohammed Uddin, Jeremy V. Camp, Hanan Alsuwaidi, and Alawi Alsheikh-AliComments to Author 
Author affiliation: University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria (N. Nowotny); Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai Health, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (N. Nowotny, N. Karuvantevida, N. Nassir, D. Advani, M. Uddin, H. Alsuwaidi, A. Alsheikh-Ali); Dubai Municipality, Dubai (E.E. Gubran, N.M. Rafee, A.A. AlKarrani, G. Al Hammadi); GenomeArc Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (M. Uddin); Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (J.V. Camp); Dubai Health Authority, Dubai (A. Alsheikh-Ali).

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Figure 2

Number of mosquitos trapped in study of dengue virus in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 2024–June 2025. We used BG Sentinel traps (Biogents, https://us-shop.biogents.com) with CO2 at various sites around Dubai to capture mosquitoes. Mosquitoes were trapped over 3-day trap-periods, with 1–7 (mean 1.9, median 1) sites per period. Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes were typed to species level. In epidemiologic weeks 35–38 of 2024 and 15–18 of 2025, no mosquitoes were trapped.

Figure 2. Number of mosquitos trapped in study of dengue virus in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 2024–June 2025. We used BG Sentinel traps (Biogents, https://us-shop.biogents.com) with CO2 at various sites around Dubai to capture mosquitoes. Mosquitoes were trapped over 3-day trap-periods, with 1–7 (mean 1.9, median 1) sites per period. Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes were typed to species level. In epidemiologic weeks 35–38 of 2024 and 15–18 of 2025, no mosquitoes were trapped.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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