SEROLOGICAL DETECTION OF HEPATITIS A VIRUS IN FREE-RANGING NEOTROPICAL PRIMATES (Sapajus spp., Alouatta caraya) FROM THE PARANÁ RIVER BASIN, BRAZIL

Nonhuman primates are considered as the natural hosts of Hepatitis A virus (HAV), as well as other pathogens, and can serve as natural sentinels to investigate epizootics and endemic diseases that are of public health importance. During this study, blood samples were collected from 112 Neotropical p...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Walfrido Kühl SVOBODA, Manoel do Carmo Pereira SOARES, Max Moreira ALVES, Tatiana Carneiro ROCHA, Eliane Carneiro GOMES, Fabiana MENONCIN, Paulo Mira BATISTA, Lineu Roberto da SILVA, Selwyn Arlington HEADLEY, Carmen Lúcia Scortecci HILST, Lucas M. AGUIAR, Gabriela LUDWIG, Fernando de Camargo PASSOS, Júlio Cesar de SOUZA Jr., Italmar Teodorico NAVARRO
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2016
Subjects:
Hepatitis A
New World monkeys
Zoonosis
Serology
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-994658009
https://doaj.org/article/b4bd4417143e48d6b9e38b4b5fbf6fee
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Summary:Nonhuman primates are considered as the natural hosts of Hepatitis A virus (HAV), as well as other pathogens, and can serve as natural sentinels to investigate epizootics and endemic diseases that are of public health importance. During this study, blood samples were collected from 112 Neotropical primates (NTPs) (Sapajus nigritus and S. cay, n = 75; Alouatta caraya, n = 37) trap-captured at the Paraná River basin, Brazil, located between the States of Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul. Anti-HAV IgG antibodies were detected in 4.5% (5/112) of NTPs, specifically in 6.7% (5/75) of Sapajus spp. and 0% (0/37) of A. caraya. In addition, all samples were negative for the presence of IgM anti-HAV antibodies. These results suggest that free-ranging NTPs were exposed to HAV within the geographical regions evaluated.

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