Enhancing Surveillance for Arboviral Infections in the Arizona Border Region

Abstract

The goal of this project is to enhance surveillance for Arboviruses by establish a baseline for the emerging threat of Dengue fever the border region of Arizona. This will be accomplished by: enhancement and exchange of dengue laboratory testing techniques, a seroprevalence sentinel-hospital site study of symptomatic patients, and mapping techniques to better understand the presence of mosquito vectors.