SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF DENGUE AND OTHER ARBOVIRUSES IN A NATURAL-POPULATION OF TOQUE MACAQUES (MACACA-SINICA) AT POLONNARUWA, SRI-LANKA

Authors
PEIRIS JSM DITTUS WPJ RATNAYAKE CB
Citation
Jsm. Peiris et al., SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF DENGUE AND OTHER ARBOVIRUSES IN A NATURAL-POPULATION OF TOQUE MACAQUES (MACACA-SINICA) AT POLONNARUWA, SRI-LANKA, Journal of medical primatology, 22(4), 1993, pp. 240-245
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of medical primatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00472565
Volume
22
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
240 - 245
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-2565(1993)22:4<240:SODAOA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A seroepidemiological study of arboviruses infecting 115 wild toque ma caques (Macaca sinica) at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka showed a high prevale nce of antibodies to dengue and Lumbo viruses. There was low seropreva lence of Chandipura (2/115) and Batai (1/115) virus antibodies, but no seropositivity to Chikungunya or Sindbis. There was no serological ev idence of infection by Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus in spite of la rge human epidemics in the study area, indicating that toque macaques are unlikely to be an epidemiologically relevant host in the maintenan ce cycle of JE virus.