PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Silvana Favoretto
AU  - Danielle Araújo
AU  - Danielle Oliveira
AU  - Nayle Duarte
AU  - Flavio Mesquita
AU  - Paolo Zanotto
AU  - Edison Durigon
TI  - First detection of Zika virus in neotropical primates in Brazil: a possible new reservoir
AID  - 10.1101/049395
DP  - 2016 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 049395
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/04/20/049395.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/04/20/049395.full
AB  - Samples from sera and oral swabs from fifteen marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and nine capuchin-monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) captured in Ceara State in Brazil were tested for Zika virus. Samples were positive by Real time PCR and sequencing of the amplified product from a capuchin monkey showed 100% similarity to other ZIKV from South America. This is the first report on ZIKV detection among Neotropical primates.