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PIEDRAHITA-CORTES, Juan  y  SOLER-TOVAR, Diego. Geographical distribution of the red howler monkey ( Alouatta seniculus ) and yellow fever in Colombia . Biomédica [online]. 2016, vol.36, suppl.2, pp.116-124. ISSN 0120-4157.  https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v36i0.2929.

Introduction: Colombia is a country with an important diversity of non-human primates, of which the red howler monkey ( Alouatta seniculus ) stands out because of its distribution and the role it plays in the occurrence of yellow fever. Objective: To describe the geographic co-occurrence of Alouatta seniculus and the reported presence of yellow fever. Materials and methods: We conducted a descriptive study. The reported presence of yellow fever in Colombia was obtained from the reports and bulletins issued by the Instituto Nacional de Salud , and the study by Segura, et al . (2013). The occurrence of A. seniculus was determined based on the data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility and the Colombian Biodiversity Information System. A map of the occurrence was developed using the DIVA-GIS program, and the ecological niche model under current conditions was created with the Maxent program. Results: The departments with the highest occurrence of A. seniculus were Antioquia, Meta and Casanare; 69.5% of the departments with reported history of yellow fever had co-occurrence with A. seniculus . The ecological niche model showed that Antioquia, Bolívar, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Santander, Norte de Santander and Vichada had geographical portions with a probability rate nearing to 0.9 (90%). Conclusions: In 69.5% of the departments with a history of yellow fever there was co-occurrence with A. seniculus , which is relevant because non-human primates play a well-known role as natural reservoirs of the virus, and they might contribute to the occurrence of the yellow fever, which makes them very useful as sentinels.

Palabras clave : Alouatta; primate diseases; yellow fever; epidemiology; Flavivirus; tropical medicine; zoonoses; Latin America.

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