Distribution of three arbovirus antibodies among monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) in the Philippines

J Med Primatol. 2003 Apr;32(2):89-94. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0684.2003.00015.x.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Arbovirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Arbovirus Infections / immunology*
  • Arboviruses / immunology*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods
  • Female
  • Macaca fascicularis / immunology*
  • Macaca fascicularis / virology*
  • Male
  • Monkey Diseases / epidemiology
  • Monkey Diseases / immunology
  • Monkey Diseases / virology
  • Philippines / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral