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Volume 20, Number 3—March 2014
Dispatch

Mimivirus Circulation among Wild and Domestic Mammals, Amazon Region, Brazil

Fábio P. Dornas, Felipe P. Rodrigues, Paulo V.M. Boratto, Lorena C.F. Silva, Paulo C.P. Ferreira, Cláudio A. Bonjardim, Giliane S. Trindade, Erna G. Kroon, Bernard La Scola, and Jônatas S. AbrahãoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (F.P. Dornas, F.P. Rodrigues, P.V.M. Boratto, L.C.F. Silva, P.C.P. Ferreira, C.A. Bonjardim, G.S. Trindade, E.G. Kroon, J.S. Abrahão); URMITE CNRS UMR 6236, IRD 3R198, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France (B. La Scola)

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Table

Sources and test results for serum samples from wild and domestic animals analyzed for presence of mimivirus, Brazil*

Species States where samples were collected Total no. samples Total no. pools Real-time PCR, helicase gene
 VN >90%, no. (%) pools
No. (%) negative pools No. (%) positive pools
Black howler monkeys Tocantins 91 21 21 (100.0) 0 0
Capuchin monkeys
Tocantins
230
 106
 97 (91.5)
 9 (8.5)
 5 (4.72)
Cattle Pará and Maranhão 147 63 47 (74.6) 16 (25.4) 10 (15.9)
Espírito Santo and Bahia
 45
 20
 20 (100.0)
 0
 0
Total 513 210 185 (88.1) 25 (11.9) 15 (7.14)

*VN, virus neutralization test.

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