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Major Articles • Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 48 (2) • mar-apr 2015 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0024-2015   copy

Evaluation of arboviruses of public health interest in free-living non-human primates (Alouatta spp., Callithrix spp., Sapajus spp.) in Brazil

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INTRODUCTION:

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the presence of arboviruses from the Flavivirus genus in asymptomatic free-living non-human primates (NHPs) living in close contact with humans and vectors in the States of Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

METHODS:

NHP sera samples (total n = 80, Alouatta spp. n = 07, Callithrix spp. n = 29 and Sapajus spp. n = 44) were screened for the presence of viral genomes using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and 10% polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis techniques.

RESULTS:

All of the samples were negative for the Flavivirus genome following the 10% polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis.

CONCLUSIONS:

These negative results indicate that the analyzed animals were not infected with arboviruses from the Flavivirus genus and did not represent a risk for viral transmission through vectors during the period in which the samples were collected.

Non-human primates; Arbovirus; RT-PCR; Zoonosis

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