Serological evidence of Zika virus infection in non-human primates in Zambia.
Journal
Archives of virology
ISSN: 1432-8798
Titre abrégé: Arch Virol
Pays: Austria
ID NLM: 7506870
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2019
Aug 2019
Historique:
received:
05
12
2018
accepted:
02
05
2019
pubmed:
4
6
2019
medline:
4
7
2019
entrez:
3
6
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Zika virus (ZIKV) circulation occurs between non-human primates (NHPs) in a sylvatic transmission cycle. To investigate evidence of flavivirus infection in NHPs in Zambia, we performed a plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) to quantify neutralizing antibodies. PRNT revealed that sera from NHPs (African green monkeys and baboons) exhibited neutralizing activity against ZIKV (34.4%; 33/96), whereas a PRNT for yellow fever virus using NHP sera showed no neutralization activity. ZIKV genomic RNA was not detected in splenic tissues from NHPs, suggesting that the presence of anti-ZIKV neutralizing antibodies represented resolved infections. Our evidence suggests that ZIKV is maintained in NHP reservoirs in Zambia.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31154511
doi: 10.1007/s00705-019-04302-0
pii: 10.1007/s00705-019-04302-0
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antibodies, Neutralizing
0
Antibodies, Viral
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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