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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Souichi Yamada, Harutaka Katano, Yuko Sato, Tadaki Suzuki, Akihiko Uda, Keita Ishijima, Motoi Suzuki, Daigo Yamada, Shizuko Harada, Hitomi Kinoshita, Phu Hoang Anh Nguyen, Hideki Ebihara, Ken Maeda, Masayuki Saijo, Shuetsu Fukushi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2024-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Macacine alphaherpesvirus 1
B virus
viruses
zoonoses
Japan
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/1/23-0435_article

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