| Literature DB >> 12823631 |
S Inoue1, K Morita, R R Matias, J V Tuplano, R R G Resuello, J R Candelario, D J M Cruz, C A Mapua, F Hasebe, A Igarashi, F F Natividad.
Abstract
Serum samples from 54 monkeys were collected from healthy individuals in a monkey farm in Luzon island, Philippines, in 1999, and examined by IgM-capture ELISA and indirect IgG ELISA for the presence of dengue (DEN), Japanese encephalitis (JE) and chikungunya (CHIK) viruses. The positive rates for IgM ELISA were 3.7, 35.2 and 14.8% against DEN, JE and CHIK, respectively. Higher positive rates were obtained when indirect IgG ELISA was used: 100% against flaviviruses (JE or DEN) and 59.3% against CHIK virus. The results indicate a high prevalence of flavivirus infections such as JE and DEN, and a lesser prevalence of CHIK virus infections, among monkeys in the Philippines. These findings suggest possible sylvatic transmission cycles of these viruses.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 12823631 DOI： 10.1034/j.1600-0684.2003.00015.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Primatol ISSN： 0047-2565 Impact factor: 0.667