Molecular evidence for distinct genotypes of monkey B virus (herpesvirus simiae) which are related to the macaque host species.

doi:10.1128/JVI.72.11.9224-9232.1998

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Molecular evidence for distinct genotypes of monkey B virus (herpesvirus simiae) which are related to the macaque host species.

Journal of virology - 1 Nov 1998

Smith A L, Black D H, Eberle R

Abstract excerpt

Although monkey B virus (herpesvirus simiae; BV) is common in all macaque species, fatal human infections appear to be associated with exposure to rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), suggesting that BV isolates from rhesus monkeys may be more lethal to nonmacaques than are BV strains indigenous to...

Topics

Animals
Antigens, Viral
Base Sequence
Chlorocebus aethiops
DNA Primers
DNA, Viral
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Herpesviridae Infections
Herpesvirus 1, Cercopithecine
Humans
Macaca
Macaca fascicularis
Macaca mulatta
Macaca nemestrina
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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PMID: 9765470
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.72.11.9224-9232.1998
PMCID: PMC110342

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