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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
In 1981, an outbreak of herpetic disease developed in a colony of DeBrazza's monkeys (Cercopithecus neglectus). In seven of eight infected animals, clinical signs of infection included vesicular and ulcerative lesions on the lips, tongue, and/or palate. Histologic examination of lesions revealed intranuclear inclusion bodies, and electron microscopy revealed nucleocapsids and virions with typical herpesvirus morphology. Although a virus was isolated that appeared similar to monkey B virus, techniques available at the time did not allow precise identification of the virus. Analysis of serum from one surviving monkey collected 12 years after the outbreak revealed a pattern of reactivity characteristic of B virus-positive serum on the basis of results of ELISA and western immunoblot analysis. Polymerase chain reaction analysis of archived paraffin-embedded tissue specimens and molecular analysis of the one viral isolate obtained from a DeBrazza's monkey indicated that the virus responsible for the outbreak was a new genotype of B virus. Testing of sera from lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) housed in an adjacent cage at the same zoo indicated that these animals harbored this virus and, thus, were the likely source of the virus that infected the DeBrazza's monkeys. This study documents usefulness of archiving samples from disease outbreaks for later analysis. In addition, this incident underscores the importance of considering herpes B virus infection when outbreaks of disease having characteristics of herpetic infections develop in nonhuman primates kept at institutions that also house macaques.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1532-0820
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
649-57
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Animals, Zoo, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Antibodies, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Cercopithecus, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Disease Outbreaks, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Herpesviridae Infections, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Herpesvirus 1, Cercopithecine, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Mouth Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Necrosis, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Primate Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:11200573-Washington
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Retrospective analysis of an outbreak of B virus infection in a colony of DeBrazza's monkeys (Cercopithecus neglectus).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.