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Table 2 Trypanosoma cruzi infection among captive primates kept at Brasília zoo, Federal District, Brazil: primate characteristics and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) results

From: Vector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi among captive Neotropical primates in a Brazilian zoo

Number

Species

Origin

State

Year of birth or arrival at ZooB

qPCRa

First

Second

1

Alouatta seniculus

IBAMA

AC

2010

0.000

ND

2

Aotus nigriceps b

Born at ZooB

DF

2010

0.003

0.001

3

Aotus nigriceps b

Born at ZooB

DF

2012

1.051

0.002

4

Aotus nigriceps

IBAMA

AC

2006

0.000

0.000

5

Aotus nigriceps b

Born at ZooB

DF

2009

0.000

0.000

6

Aotus nigriceps

ND

ND

2007

0.000

0.000

7

Callicebus cupreus

AIPU

MA

2006

0.000

0.000

8

Callithrix geoffroyi

Jequitinhonha

MG

2010

0.000

0.012

9

Callithrix penicillata

IBAMA

DF

2012

0.039

ND

10

Callithrix penicillata

IBAMA

DF

2008

0.025

0.001

11

Callithrix penicillata

IBAMA

ND

2008

0.029

Dead

12

Callithrix penicillata

IBAMA

DF

2012

ND

0.105

13

Callithrix penicillata

IBAMA

DF

2012

0.000

0.000

14

Leontopithecus chrysomelas

AIPU

MA

2006

0.016

ND

15

Leontopithecus chrysomelas

ND

ND

2007

0.000

0.000

16

Leontopithecus chrysomelas

Born at ZooB

DF

1999

0.006

ND

17

Leontopithecus chrysomelas c

Born at ZooB

DF

2008

0.214

ND

18

Leontopithecus chrysomelas d

Born at ZooB

DF

2013

ND

0.007

19

Leontopithecus rosalia

AIPU

MA

2010

0.000

0.000

20

Mico chrysoleucus

IBAMA

AM

2008

0.025

17.000

21

Mico argentatus e

AIPU

MA

2007

0.010

0.006

22

Pithecia irrorata

BH zoo

MG

2012

0.073

0.003

23

Saguinus imperator

AIPU

MA

2008

0.000

0.000

24

Saguinus niger

AIPU

MA

2007

0.003

0.018

25

Saguinus niger

ND

PA

2008

0.042

0.001

26

Saguinus niger

AIPU

MA

2006

4.000

Dead

  1. a:Parasite equivalents/100 ng DNA; First and Second qPCRs were carried out ~24 months apart. b:Born to qPCR-negative mothers (# 4 and 6). c:Born to qPCR-positive mother (# 16). d:Born to qPCR-negative mother (#15). e:Died in 2015. IBAMA Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Renováveis, ZooB Brasília zoo, AIPU Ararajuba do Ipê primate unit; BH, Belo Horizonte
  2. Brazilian states: AC Acre, AM Amazonas, DF Distrito Federal, MA Maranhão, MG Minas Gerais, PA Pará. ND no data/not done