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

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

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Publication date

January 2016

DOI

10.1590/S1678-994658009

Publisher

Universidade de São Paulo

ISSN

0036-4665

Journal

issn:1678-9946

Abstract

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 NTP...