Mosquito Researchers Track Dengue Fever in Sonora, Mexico
By Mari N. Jensen
July 08, 2004
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Contact Information
Therese A. Markow
520-621-3323 (office)
520-626-2772 (lab)
tmarkow@arl.arizona.edu
Michael Worobey
520-626-3456
worobey@email.arizona.edu
Biologists from the University of Arizona in Tucson are teaming up with health officials from the Mexican state of Sonora to learn more about the mosquitoes that carry dengue and West Nile viruses and about the disease-causing organisms.
The reported number of dengue fever cases in Sonora has been increasing in the last several years, and the disease appears to be moving north. The dengue fever season in Sonora is seasonal and peaks mid-October, after the summer rainy season
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