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. 2020 Oct 5;14(10):e0008658. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008658

Table 1. Non-human primate carcasses tested for yellow fever virus RNA.

Genera/species Total carcasses YFV-positive carcasses
Total Total by genus (%) Total Total by genus (%)
Alouatta caraya 2 1
Alouatta guariba 17 12
Alouatta sp. 33 52 (6.66%) 28 41 (13.76%)
Callicebus nigrifrons 19 12
Callicebus personatus 7 6
Callicebus sp. 6 32 (4.10%) 4 22 (7.38%)
Callithrix aurita 2 1
Callithrix geoffroyi 21 10
Callithrix penicillata 170 44
Callithrix sp. 466 659 (84.38%) 155 210 (70.47%)
Sapajus nigritus 1 1
Sapajus sp. 1 2 (0.26%) 0 1 (0.34%)
Non-ID 36 36 (4.61%) 24 24 (8.05%)
Total 781 298

YFV: yellow fever virus. Liver samples of non-human primate carcasses collected in Minas Gerais state, Brazil (Jan 2017-Dec 2018) were tested for YFV RNA using the RT-qPCR [24].