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. 2015 Nov 14;12:94. doi: 10.1186/s12977-015-0217-x

Table 2.

Comparison of simian foamy virus prevalence in New World primates in Brazil defined by Western blot (WB) and PCR testinga

Center N WB+/PCR+ WB+/PCR WB/PCR+ WB/PCR
CPRJb 78 16 (21 %) 8 (10 %) 6 (8 %) 48 (61 %)
 Male 34 6 (18 %) 2 (6 %) 2 (6 %) 24 (70 %)
 Female 44 10 (23 %) 6 (14 %) 4 (9 %) 24 (54 %)
 Mature 60 9 (15 %) 5 (8 %) 4 (7 %) 42 (70 %)
 Immature 18 7 (39 %) 3 (17 %) 2 (11 %) 6 (33 %)
 Wildc 25 7 (28 %) 2 (8 %) 0 16 (64 %)
 Captived 53 9 (17 %) 6 (11 %) 6 (11 %) 32 (61 %)
RIOZOOe 62 19 (31 %) 17 (27 %) 6 (10 %) 20 (32 %)
 Male 30 10 (33 %) 9 (30 %) 3 (10 %) 8 (27 %)
 Female 32 9 (28 %) 8 (25 %) 3 (9 %) 12 (38 %)
 Mature 47 14 (30 %) 16 (34 %) 4 (9 %) 13 (28 %)
 Immature 15 5 (33 %) 1 (7 %) 2 (14 %) 7 (46 %)
 Wild 42 14 (33 %) 13 (31 %) 3 (7 %) 12 (29 %)
 Captive 20 5 (25 %) 4 (20 %) 3 (15 %) 8 (40 %)
Total 140 35 (25 %) 25 (18 %) 12 (9 %) 68 (48 %)

aPositive for at least one PCR assay (screening polymerase (pol), LTR-gag and/or longer pol sequences)

bPrimatology Center of Rio de Janeiro

cWild born

dCaptive born

eZoo of Rio de Janeiro