Article
First Report of Human Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in Wild Neotropical Primates.
EcoHealth - 1 Sept 2026
Boubli Jean P, El Bizri Hani Rocha, Botelho-Souza Luan F, Gubili Chrysoula, Martin Stephen J, Araújo Maisa da S, Burch Tommy C, Messias Mariluce R, Dos Santos Alcione de O, Ozaki Luiz S, Pereira André V C, Katsuragawa Tony H, Passos-Silva Ana Maísa, Gil Luiz H S, Farias Izeni P, Salcedo Juan M V, Vieira Deusilene
Abstract excerpt
Globalization and environmental change are reshaping infectious disease dynamics, including reverse zoonotic transmission from humans to wildlife. We assessed hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in wild New World primates from two Brazilian Amazon regions: an anthropogenically impacted area in southwestern Amazonia (Rondonia and Mato Grosso states) and a remote, minimally impacted area along the upper Japurá River...
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- Animals
- Brazil
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Hepatitis B
