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ABH salivary antigens in a population of capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella paraguayanus)from Paraguay

Maria Lucia Harada Hamel^I; Horacio Schneider^I; Tetsuji Matayoshi^II; Carlos Nagle^II; Nora Nasazzi^II; Edgardo Howling^II

^IDepartamento de Genética, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Campus Universitário do Guamá, 66059 Belém, PA, Brasil. Send correspondence to M.L.H.H.
^IISección Genética, Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC); Buenos Aires, Argentina

ABSTRACT

Blood and saliva samples were collected from 55 capuchin monkeys that had been wild-caught in Santa Catalina (Republic of Paraguay). The saliva samples were tested for human ABH antigens by standard agglutination-inhibition tests. All samples tested were of the A phenotype. Serum samples were tested for the presence of anti-A and anti-B agglutinins. Fifty percent of samples showed anomalous combinations of salivary antigens and serum agglutinins.

Keywords: ABH; salivary; antigens; capuchin; monkeys; (Cebus apella paraguayanus).

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