TY - JOUR AU - Reiter, Paul AU - Lathrop, Sarah AU - Bunning, Michel AU - Biggerstaff, Brad AU - Singer, Daniel AU - Tiwari, Tejpratap AU - Baber, Laura AU - Amador, Manuel AU - Thirion, Jaime AU - Hayes, Jack AU - Seca, Calixto AU - Mendez, Jorge AU - Ramirez, Bernardo AU - Robinson, Jerome AU - Rawlings, Julie AU - Vorndam, Vance AU - Waterman, Stephen AU - Gubler, Duane AU - Clark, Gary AU - Hayes, Edward T1 - Texas Lifestyle Limits Transmission of Dengue Virus T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2003 VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 86 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Urban dengue is common in most countries of the Americas, but has been rare in the United States for more than half a century. In 1999 we investigated an outbreak of the disease that affected Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, and Laredo, Texas, United States, contiguous cities that straddle the international border. The incidence of recent cases, indicated by immunoglobulin M antibody serosurvey, was higher in Nuevo Laredo, although the vector, Aedes aegypti, was more abundant in Laredo. Environmental factors that affect contact with mosquitoes, such as air-conditioning and human behavior, appear to account for this paradox. We conclude that the low prevalence of dengue in the United States is primarily due to economic, rather than climatic, factors. KW - Aedes aegypti KW - air-conditioning KW - arboviruses KW - climate change KW - dengue fever KW - epidemiology KW - global warming KW - human behavior KW - mosquito behavior KW - research KW - Photorhabdus asymbiotica KW - Xenorhabdus KW - insect-human infection KW - transgenic Yersinia KW - Heterorhabditis KW - United States KW - Texas DO - 10.3201/eid0901.020220 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/1/02-0220_article ER - End of Reference