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

• Published in: Emerging 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
• Language: English
• 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

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.