Macacine alphaherpesvirus 1 (B Virus) Infection in Humans, Japan, 2019

Two human patients with Macacine alphaherpesvirus 1 infection were identified in Japan in 2019. Both patients had worked at the same company, which had a macaque facility. The rhesus-genotype B virus genome was detected in cerebrospinal fluid samples from both patients.

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Published inEmerging infectious diseases Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 177 - 179
Main Authors Yamada, Souichi, Katano, Harutaka, Sato, Yuko, Suzuki, Tadaki, Uda, Akihiko, Ishijima, Keita, Suzuki, Motoi, Yamada, Daigo, Harada, Shizuko, Kinoshita, Hitomi, Nguyen, Phu Hoang Anh, Ebihara, Hideki, Maeda, Ken, Saijo, Masayuki, Fukushi, Shuetsu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.01.2024
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects
1 (B Virus) Infection in Humans, Japan, 2019
Analysis
Animals
B virus
Biopsy
Brain research
Control
Dispatch
Genes
Genomics
Genotype
Genotype & phenotype
Health aspects
Herpes viruses
Herpesvirus 1, Cercopithecine
Herpesviruses
Humans
Identification and classification
Immunohistochemistry
Infection
Infections
Infectious diseases
Japan
Japan - epidemiology
Macaca mulatta
Macacine alphaherpesvirus 1
Monkey Diseases
Monkeys & apes
Monoclonal antibodies
Patients
Phylogenetics
Puncture
Spine
Virology
viruses
Zoonoses
Japan
Switzerland
China
B virus
zoonoses
viruses
Japan
Macacine alphaherpesvirus 1
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Summary:Two human patients with Macacine alphaherpesvirus 1 infection were identified in Japan in 2019. Both patients had worked at the same company, which had a macaque facility. The rhesus-genotype B virus genome was detected in cerebrospinal fluid samples from both patients.
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ISSN:1080-6040
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DOI:10.3201/eid3001.230435