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B-virus (Macacine alphaherpesvirus 1; McHV-1; formerly Macacine herpesvirus 1, [3] Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1, [1] CHV-1 [4]), Herpesvirus simiae, or Herpes virus B [2] is the Simplexvirus infecting macaque monkeys. B virus is very similar to HSV-1, and as such, this neurotropic virus is not found in the blood.
This virus is harmless to macaques, but infections of humans, while rare, are potentially fatal, a risk that makes macaques unsuitable as pets. [ 19 ] Urban performing macaques also carried simian foamy virus , suggesting they could be involved in the species-to-species jump of similar retroviruses to humans.
Herpes B virus: Macaque: Yes (rare) High mortality rate: Latent infection Mason-Pfizer monkey virus ( Betaretrovirus ) (MPMV) Monkeys: No: Unknown: Immunodeficiency/cancer in Old World monkeys: Simian foamy virus retroviridae (SFV) Monkeys: Yes: Unknown: Latent infection Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) retroviridae: Monkeys: Yes: Unknown ...
Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV), formerly Simian retrovirus (SRV), is a species of retroviruses that usually infect and cause a fatal immune deficiency in Asian macaques. [3] The ssRNA virus appears sporadically in mammary carcinoma of captive macaques at breeding facilities which expected as the natural host, but the prevalence of this virus ...
Macacine gammaherpesvirus 4 (McHV-4), commonly known as rhesus lymphocryptovirus (RLV), is a species of virus in the genus Lymphocryptovirus, subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae, family Herpesviridae, and order Herpesvirales. [1] In nature, Macacine gammaherpesvirus 4 infects rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
The virus has been found in many macaque populations in the wild, where it rarely causes disease. However, in monkeys that are immunodeficient —due to, for example, infection with simian immunodeficiency virus —SV40 acts much like the human JC and BK polyomaviruses, producing kidney disease and sometimes a demyelinating disease similar to ...
Simian herpes B virus is endemic in some species of Asian monkeys. It was first identified by an investigator who was bitten by what appeared to be a healthy monkey. The investigator died shortly thereafter from brain inflammation (encephalitis). Subsequent simian-acquired infections with this virus have occurred with mortality rate as high as ...
Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is a species of retrovirus that cause persistent infections in at least 45 species of non-human primates. [1] [2] Based on analysis of strains found in four species of monkeys from Bioko Island, which was isolated from the mainland by rising sea levels about 11,000 years ago, it has been concluded that SIV has been present in monkeys and apes for at least ...