A non-invasive specimen collection method and a novel simian foamy virus (SFV) DNA quantification assay in New World primates reveal aspects of tissue tropism and improved SFV detection

• Cláudia P. Muniz,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• HaoQiang Zheng,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Hongwei Jia,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Liliane T. F. Cavalcante,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Anderson M. Augusto,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Fundação Jardim Zoológico da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Luiz P. Fedullo,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Fundação Jardim Zoológico da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Alcides Pissinatti,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Centro de Primatologia do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto Estadual de Ambiente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Marcelo A. Soares,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Programa de Oncovirologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• William M. Switzer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• André F. Santos

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: andre20@globo.com

  Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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