Arbovirus Surveillance near the Mexico–U.S. Border: Isolation and Sequence Analysis of Chikungunya Virus from Patients with Dengue-like Symptoms in Reynosa, Tamaulipas

S. Viridiana Laredo-Tiscareño Laboratorio de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico;
Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi,” Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico;
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa;

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Carlos Machain-Williams Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi,” Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico;

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Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez Laboratorio de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico;

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Javier A. Garza-Hernandez Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico;

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Gloria L. Doria-Cobos Departamento de Epidemiología de la Cuarta Jurisdicción Sanitaria, Secretaria de Salud, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico;

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Rosa C. Cetina-Trejo Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi,” Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico;

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Lucio A. Bacab-Cab Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi,” Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico;

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Chandra S. Tangudu Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa;

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Jermilia Charles Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa;

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Erick J. De Luna-Santillana Laboratorio Medicina de la Conservación, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico

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Julian E. Garcia-Rejon Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi,” Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico;

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A total of 1,090 residents of the city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on the Mexico–U.S. border presented at hospitals and clinics of the Secretariat of Health, Mexico, in 2015 with symptoms characteristic of dengue. Dengue virus (DENV) antigen was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in acute sera from 134 (12.3%) patients. Sera from select patients (N = 34) were also tested for chikungunya virus (CHIKV) RNA by quantitative reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction. Thirteen (38.2%) patients, including five DENV antigen-positive patients, were positive. Sera from three CHIKV RNA-positive patients were further assayed by virus isolation in cell culture and CHIKV was recovered on each occasion. The genome of one isolate and structural genes of the other two isolates were sequenced. In conclusion, we present evidence of CHIKV and DENV coinfections in patients who live near the Mexico–U.S. border and provide the first genome sequence of a CHIKV isolate from northern Mexico.

Author Notes

Address correspondence to Carlos Machain-Williams, Laboratorio de Arbovirologia, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi,” Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán 97000, Mexico. E-mail: carlos.machain@correo.uady.mx

Financial support: The study was supported by scholarships from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología of Mexico (scholarship no. 262076) and Coordinación de Cooperación Académica del Instituto Politécnico Nacional of Mexico and in part by CONACYT grants 2014-247005 and 200664, and an intramural grant from Iowa State University.

Authors’ addresses: S. Viridiana Laredo-Tiscareño, Laboratorio de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi,” Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, and Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, E-mail: viridiana.laredo@gmail.com. Carlos Machain-Williams, Rosa C. Cetina-Trejo, Lucio A. Bacab-Cab, and Julian E. Garcia-Rejon, Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi,” Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, E-mails: carmachain@gmail.com, rosy.cetina@gmail.com, lucio4bacab@gmail.com, and julian.garcia.rejon@gmail.com. Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez, Laboratorio de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, E-mail: drmarodriguez@hotmail.com. Javier A. Garza-Hernandez, Laboratorio de Biotecnología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, E-mail: biolgarza@gmail.com. Gloria L. Doria-Cobos, Departamento de Epidemiología de la Cuarta Jurisdicción Sanitaria, Secretaria de Salud, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, E-mail: leticiaddruiz@gmail.com. Chandra S. Tangudu, Jermilia Charles, and Bradley J. Blitvich, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, E-mails: ctangudu@iastate.edu, jermilia@iastate.edu, and blitvich@iastate.edu. Erick J. De Luna-Santillana, Laboratorio Medicina de la Conservación, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, E-mail: ericklusan@yahoo.com.

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