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Evidence of natural Zika virus infection in neotropical non-human primates in Brazil.


ABSTRACT: In Africa, Old World Primates are involved in the maintenance of sylvatic circulation of ZIKV. However, in Brazil, the hosts for the sylvatic cycle remain unknown. We hypothesized that free-living NHPs might play a role in urban/periurban ZIKV dynamics, thus we undertook an NHP ZIKV investigation in two cities in Brazil. We identified ZIKV-positive NHPs and sequences obtained were phylogenetically related to the American lineage of ZIKV. Additionally, we inoculated four C. penicillata with ZIKV and our results demonstrated that marmosets had a sustained viremia. The natural and experimental infection of NHPs with ZIKV, support the hypothesis that NHPs may be a vertebrate host in the maintainance of ZIKV transmission/circulation in urban tropical settings. Further studies are needed to understand the role they may play in maintaining the urban cycle of the ZIKV and how they may be a conduit in establishing an enzootic transmission cycle in tropical Latin America.

SUBMITTER: Terzian ACB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6207778 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Evidence of natural Zika virus infection in neotropical non-human primates in Brazil.

Terzian Ana Carolina B ACB   Zini Nathalia N   Sacchetto Lívia L   Rocha Rebeca Froes RF   Parra Maisa Carla Pereira MCP   Del Sarto Juliana Lemos JL   Dias Ana Carolina Fialho ACF   Coutinho Felipe F   Rayra Jéssica J   da Silva Rafael Alves RA   Costa Vivian Vasconcelos VV   Fernandes Natália Coelho Couto De Azevedo NCCA   Réssio Rodrigo R   Díaz-Delgado Josué J   Guerra Juliana J   Cunha Mariana S MS   Catão-Dias José Luiz JL   Bittar Cintia C   Reis Andréia Francesli Negri AFN   Santos Izalco Nuremberg Penha Dos INPD   Ferreira Andréia Cristina Marascalchi ACM   Cruz Lilian Elisa Arão Antônio LEAA   Rahal Paula P   Ullmann Leila L   Malossi Camila C   Araújo João Pessoa de JP   Widen Steven S   de Rezende Izabela Maurício IM   Mello Érica É   Pacca Carolina Colombelli CC   Kroon Erna Geessien EG   Trindade Giliane G   Drumond Betânia B   Chiaravalloti-Neto Francisco F   Vasilakis Nikos N   Teixeira Mauro M MM   Nogueira Maurício Lacerda ML  

Scientific reports 20181030 1


In Africa, Old World Primates are involved in the maintenance of sylvatic circulation of ZIKV. However, in Brazil, the hosts for the sylvatic cycle remain unknown. We hypothesized that free-living NHPs might play a role in urban/periurban ZIKV dynamics, thus we undertook an NHP ZIKV investigation in two cities in Brazil. We identified ZIKV-positive NHPs and sequences obtained were phylogenetically related to the American lineage of ZIKV. Additionally, we inoculated four C. penicillata with ZIKV  ...[more]

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