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.