RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 First detection of Zika virus in neotropical primates in Brazil: a possible new reservoir
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 049395
DO 10.1101/049395
A1 Favoretto, Silvana
A1 Araújo, Danielle
A1 Oliveira, Danielle
A1 Duarte, Nayle
A1 Mesquita, Flavio
A1 Zanotto, Paolo
A1 Durigon, Edison
YR 2016
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/04/20/049395.abstract
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.