Little Evidence of Zika Virus Infection in Wild Long-Tailed Macaques, Peninsular Malaysia

We tested a sample of 234 wild long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) trapped in Peninsular Malaysia in 2009, 2010, and 2016 for Zika virus RNA and antibodies. None were positive for RNA, and only 1.3% were seropositive for neutralizing antibodies. Long-tailed macaques are unlikely to be reservo...

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Autores principales: Chua, Chong Long, Chan, Yoke Fun, Andu, Eva S.G. Soh, Rovie-Ryan, Jeffrine J., Sitam, Frankie Thomas, Verasahib, Khebir, Sam, I-Ching
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30666941
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.180258
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author Chua, Chong Long
Chan, Yoke Fun
Andu, Eva S.G. Soh
Rovie-Ryan, Jeffrine J.
Sitam, Frankie Thomas
Verasahib, Khebir
Sam, I-Ching
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Chan, Yoke Fun
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description We tested a sample of 234 wild long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) trapped in Peninsular Malaysia in 2009, 2010, and 2016 for Zika virus RNA and antibodies. None were positive for RNA, and only 1.3% were seropositive for neutralizing antibodies. Long-tailed macaques are unlikely to be reservoirs for Zika virus in Malaysia.
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spelling pubmed-63464752019-02-01 Little Evidence of Zika Virus Infection in Wild Long-Tailed Macaques, Peninsular Malaysia Chua, Chong Long Chan, Yoke Fun Andu, Eva S.G. Soh Rovie-Ryan, Jeffrine J. Sitam, Frankie Thomas Verasahib, Khebir Sam, I-Ching Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We tested a sample of 234 wild long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) trapped in Peninsular Malaysia in 2009, 2010, and 2016 for Zika virus RNA and antibodies. None were positive for RNA, and only 1.3% were seropositive for neutralizing antibodies. Long-tailed macaques are unlikely to be reservoirs for Zika virus in Malaysia. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6346475/ /pubmed/30666941 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.180258 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Little Evidence of Zika Virus Infection in Wild Long-Tailed Macaques, Peninsular Malaysia
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title_fullStr Little Evidence of Zika Virus Infection in Wild Long-Tailed Macaques, Peninsular Malaysia
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title_short Little Evidence of Zika Virus Infection in Wild Long-Tailed Macaques, Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort little evidence of zika virus infection in wild long-tailed macaques, peninsular malaysia
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30666941
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.180258
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