Abstract
Arboviruses are associated with human disease, and non-human primates (NHPs) are important primary hosts. This study shows the detection of antibodies to Oropouche virus (OROV) in NHPs either living in urban parks or acclimatized at the Wild Animal Screening Center, Goiânia city. Fifty blood samples were analyzed by hemagglutination-inhibition and neutralization assays. Two monkeys (Alouatta caraya) had antibodies to OROV by both techniques. This is the first report demonstrating the detection of OROV antibodies in Goiás State and may represent the introduction/circulation of OROV in the region and a potential risk to the human population.
Highlights
Arboviruses are associated with human disease, and non-human primates (NHPs) are important primary hosts
Non-human primates (NHPs), and wild birds are considered to play a role in the maintenance cycle of this virus(2) (3) (5) (6)
In the period 2007-2008, a yellow fever epizootic circulation in NHPs inhabitants living in urban parks in Goiânia was registered, where the death of 61 animals from the species Alouatta caraya, Cebus libidinosus and Callithrix penicillata were recorded
Summary
Arboviruses are associated with human disease, and non-human primates (NHPs) are important primary hosts. Non-human primates (NHPs), and wild birds are considered to play a role in the maintenance cycle of this virus(2) (3) (5) (6). Among the 50 NHPs studied, 27 Cebus libidinosus individuals were living in three urban parks in Goiânia.
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