TY - JOUR T1 - First detection of Zika virus in neotropical primates in Brazil: a possible new reservoir JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/049395 SP - 049395 AU - Silvana Favoretto AU - Danielle Araújo AU - Danielle Oliveira AU - Nayle Duarte AU - Flavio Mesquita AU - Paolo Zanotto AU - Edison Durigon Y1 - 2016/01/01 UR - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/04/20/049395.abstract N2 - Samples from sera and oral swabs from fifteen marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and nine capuchin-monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) captured in Ceara State in Brazil were tested for Zika virus. Samples were positive by Real time PCR and sequencing of the amplified product from a capuchin monkey showed 100% similarity to other ZIKV from South America. This is the first report on ZIKV detection among Neotropical primates. ER -