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. 2021 Jan 20;12:100216. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100216

Table 1.

Study characteristics and dengue positivity among non-human primates.

Animal Types Country Location Site Setting Study Period Dengue RT-PCR Positive Only (%); Serotype Dengue Serology Positive Only (%); Serotype Serological Test Type; Serotype Tested Human Dengue Cases; Serotype Dengue Serotype (Mosquitoes) References
Monkeys Philippines Animal Breeding Facility Urban/rural 2010 2/9 (22.2); D2.Asian Epidemic DENV (NS1 & E), D2.Asian Epidemic DENV (NS1) 21/100 (21.0); D1,2,3 PRNT; Tested for D1/2/3/4 Remarkably high number of DENV cases was reported in 2010, more than triple the number reported in 2009 &
Number of cases exceeded the Alert and Epidemic thresholds.
[40]
Monkeys Asia Imported Samples Unknown Before 1984 145/358 (40.5); D1,2,3,4 PRNT; Tested for D1/2/3/4 [43]
India 0/33 PRNT; Tested for D1 only
Japan 1/37 (2.7); D2 PRNT; Unspecified
Monkeys Philippines Luzon Island, Monkey Farm

(Monkeys originated from Zamboanga in Mindanao island and Tanay)
Forest 1999 2/54 (3.7) ELISA; Unspecified 35.2% and 16.9% of confirmed DENV and probable DENV cases in 770 patients [28]
Monkeys Sri Lanka Nature & Archaeological Reserve at Polonnaruwa Forest 1986 2/16 (12) ELISA; Unspecified 1986–1987 epizootic [33]
1987 41/44 (94) ELISA; Unspecified
1995 52/244 (21); D2 ELISA; Tested for D2 only
Monkey Sri Lanka Nature & Archaeological Reserve at Polonnaruwa Forest 1987 64/68 (94); D2 PRNT; Tested for D2 only All 4 serotypes isolated from humans before [32]
Monkeys Puerto Rico Southwestern Region Urban/rural 2010 & 2012 23/23 (100); D1, 3, 4 MNT; Tested for D1/2/3/4 Circulation of all 4 DENV types during 1992 to 2012. [42]
Orang Utans Malaysia Sabah Forest (Free Ranging) 1996–1998 11/40 (28) IFA/ELISA; Unspecified [23]
Forest (Semi-captive) 10/31 (32)
Orang Utans Malaysia Sabah Forest (Wild) 1996–1997 11/40 (28); D2 PRNT; Tested for D2 only Denv-2 seroprevalence in native Bornean and migrants at 11/30 (37%) and 59/80 (74%) respectively. Humans sampled lived or worked on the boundaries of the Sepilok Forest Reserve. [22]
Forest (Semi-captive) 10/31 (32); D2
Monkeys Nigeria Nupeko Forest Forest 1969 (Lowland monkeys) 1971–1972 (Nupeko monkeys) 45/92 (48.9); D2 PRNT; Tested for D2 only 486/1275 (38%) and 811/1816 (45%) seropositivity in humans by HI and PRNT respectively. [25]
Galagos 3/12 (25%); D2
NHP Kenya Kwale & Kakamega County
(Western & Coastal)
Forest 2014 14/34 (41%) (Coastal); 5/33 (15%) (Western); D1,2,3,4 ELISA; Tested for D1/2/3/4 [29]
Monkeys Brazil Atlantic Forest, Bahia, Northeast Brazil, municipalities of Ilhéus and Una Forest (Free Ranging) 2006–2014 31/110 (28.2); D1,2,3,4 HI; Tested for D1/2/3/4 D1,2,3,4 are endemic to both municipalities with sporadic outbreaks [36]
Monkeys Brazil Atlantic forest (Border of Pernambuco and Paraíba States) Forest (Free Ranging) 2015–2016 14/49 (28.6); D1,2,3,4 PRNT; Tested for D1/2/3/4 D1, 2, 3 and 4 are endemic to the human population [34]
Zoo & Wildlife Screening and Recovery Center, Recife Urban/rural (Captive)
NHP, Monkeys Brazil Zoos in Salvador, Brasília, Itapetinga
National primate centre in Cabedelo, Salvador, Vitória da Conquista & Barreiras.
Urban & Peri Urban sites; Lucena, Sapé & Santa Rita,
Urban/Rural 2012–2017 0/207 (Tested against Flavivirus) 2/6 (33.3); D1 PRNT; Tested for D1 only [39]
NHP, Monkeys Venezuela Parque Zoológico Bararida, Barquisimeto, Parque Zoológico El Pinar, Caracas & Guri dick (8 free living) Urban (Captive) &
Forest (Free-ranging)
Before 2006 2/62 (3.2); D2 HI; Tested for D2 only Dengue highly endemic in Venezuela since 1989. [31]
Argentina Unknown Unknown 0/4
NHP, Monkeys Costa Rica 31 Lowlands locations Forest & Urban/rural (Private land) 1993–1996, 2000–2012 8/155 (5.2); D2,3,4 (C/prM) 53/209 (25.4) (Tested against flavivirus) ELISA Co-circulation of D1,2,3,4 since re-emergence in 1993. [26]
NHP, Monkeys Malaysia Unknown Forest 1962–1964 139/221 (62.9); D2 PRNT; Tested for D2 only [35]
NHP, Monkeys French Guiana Petit Saut Hydroelectric Dam Forest 1994–1995 0/145 PRNT; Tested for D2 only Dramatic increase in cases over the past 30 years, epidemic in 1991–1992 with up to 3000 cases. [37]
Mandrill Gabon Lope National Park Forest 1998–2006 2/25 (8); D2 PRNT; Tested for D2 only [30]
NHP, Monkeys Congo Basin; Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo & Rwanda Bwindi forest, Park National of the Volcanoes, Kinigi & Unknown locations Forest 2001–2009 0/44
NHP, Monkeys Panama Localities near the Canal zone (unknown setting) Urban/rural 1954–1955 2/105 (1.9); D1,2 HI; Tested against D1/2 only

(Only 2 positive samples further tested using PRNT)
Dengue epidemic in 1904, 1912, late 1941 to early 1942. At least one local outbreak occurred during 1934–1936. Sporadic cases observed in 1946.

57/213 (27%) residents of Caledonia (non-forested area) with D1/2 HI antibodies

195/892 (22%) residents of forested areas of Panama with D1/2 HI antibodies.
[41]
NHP, Monkeys Senegal Forest Gallery Near Ngari Forest 2000 0/17; D2 ELISA; Tested for D2 only D2 (Aedes furcifer, A. taylori, A. luteocephalus, A. aegypti) [24]
NHP, Monkeys Thailand Chiang Mai (Captive Monkey) Urban/rural 2008–2009 7/21 (33) PRNT; Tested for D1/2/3/4 but results unspecified 6052 cases of DHF in 2008 & 2009. [38]
Chiang Rai (Captive Monkey) 1/12 (8.3) 1974 cases of DHF in 2008 & 2009.
Maehongsorn (Captive Monkey) 1/5 (20) 942 cases of DHF in 2008 & 2009.
NHP, Monkeys Argentina San Cayetano, Corrientes Forest 2010 0/51 (Tested against flavivirus; NS5) 36/108 (33.3); D1,3 PRNT; Tested against D1/3 only Indigenous circulation of DENV in Northern and Central Argentina since 1988. [27]
Isla del Cerrito
Isla Brasilera

Phylogenetic analysis linked to human cases.