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Paracoccidioidomycosis in wild monkeys from Paraná State, Brazil

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the seroprevalence of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection in wild New World monkeys (Cebus sp. and Alouatta caraya). A total of 93 animals (Cebus sp., n = 68 and Alouatta caraya, n = 25) were captured in the Paraná River basin, Paraná State, Brazil and the serum samples were analyzed by ELISA and immunodiffusion using P. brasiliensis gp43 and exoantigen as antigens, respectively. The seropositivity observed by ELISA was 44.1% and 60% for Cebus sp. and A. caraya, respectively, while by immunodiffusion test Cebus sp. showed positivity of 2.9% only. No significant difference was observed in relation to age and sex. This is the first report of paracoccidioidomycosis in wild capuchin monkeys and in wild-black and golden-howler monkeys. The high positivity to P. brasiliensis infection in both species evaluated in our study and the positivity by immunodiffusion test in Cebus sp. suggest that natural disease may be occurring in wild monkeys living in paracoccidioidomycosis endemic areas.

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The authors thank CNPq, CAPES and the Araucaria Foundation for financial support and IBAMA for the license to capture the animals.

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  1. Departamento de Ciências Patológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Campus Universitário, Londrina, Parana, 86051990, Brazil

    Andreia C. Corte, Eiko N. Itano & Mario Augusto Ono

  2. Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, Parana, Brazil

    Walfrido K. Svoboda, Italmar T. Navarro, Roberta L. Freire, Luciano S. Malanski & M. M. Shiozawa

  3. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Campus Palotina, Palotina, Brazil

    Walfrido K. Svoboda

  4. Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

    Gabriela Ludwig, Lucas M. Aguiar & Fernando C. Passos

  5. Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

    Angela Maron

  6. Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Zoilo P. Camargo

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Corte, A.C., Svoboda, W.K., Navarro, I.T. et al. Paracoccidioidomycosis in wild monkeys from Paraná State, Brazil. Mycopathologia 164, 225–228 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-007-9059-y

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