PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Connor R. Buechler AU - Adam L. Bailey AU - Andrea M. Weiler AU - Gabrielle L. Barry AU - Anna J. Jasinska AU - Nelson B. Freimer AU - Cristian Apetrei AU - Jane E. Phillips-Conroy AU - Clifford J. Jolly AU - Jeffrey Rogers AU - Thomas C. Friedrich AU - David H. O’Connor TI - Prevalence of Zika virus infection in wild African primates AID - 10.1101/077628 DP - 2016 Jan 01 TA - bioRxiv PG - 077628 4099 - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/09/27/077628.short 4100 - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/09/27/077628.full AB - The recent spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) is alarming due to its association with birth defects. Though the natural reservoir of ZIKV remains poorly defined, the virus was first described in a captive “sentinel” macaque in Africa. Here, we examined blood from 239 wild African monkeys and found variable seropositivity.