Volume 23, Number 12—December 2017
Synopsis
Fatal Outbreak in Tonkean Macaques Caused by Possibly Novel Orthopoxvirus, Italy, January 20151
Table 3
Serologic analysis of serum samples from nonhuman primate species housed at animal sanctuary, Italy, January 2015*
Species | IFA IgM test, no. positive/no. total (%) | IgM titer† | IFA IgG test, no. positive/no. total (%) | IgG titer,† range |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana) | 0/30 | Negative | 8/30 | 1:40−1: 640 |
Cynomolgus macaque (M. fascicularis) | 0/11 | Negative | 3/11 | 1:20−1:160 |
Barbary macaque (M. sylvanus) | 2/12 | 1:20 | 2/12 | 1:20 |
Rhesus macaque (M. mulatta) | 0/1 | Negative | 1/1 | 1:80 |
Japanese macaque (M. fuscata) | 0/2 | Negative | 2/2 | 1:80 |
Tufted capuchin (Sapajus apella) | 0/4 | Negative | 2/4 | 1:20 |
Grivet (Cercopithecus aethiops) | 0/1 | Negative | 0/1 | Negative |
Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) |
0/1 |
Negative |
0/1 |
Negative |
Total | 2/62 (3.22) | 18/62 (29.03) |
*IFA, immunofluorescence antibody.
†Threshold dilution was 1:20.
1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the Xth International Congress of the European Society for Veterinary Virology; August 31–September 3, 2015; Montpellier, France.
2These first authors were co–principal investigators who contributed equally to this article.