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Seroprevalence of select enzootic simian viruses among Swoyambhu rhesus macaques * ([dagger]) RhCMV SV40 Characteristic n (% ELISA-reactive) (% EIA-reactive) Male 17 94.1 94.1 Female 22 95.5 86.4 Juvenile 13 84.6 76.9 Subadult 7 100.0 100.0 Adult 19 100.0 94.7 Total 39 94.9 89.7 CHV-1 SFV Characteristic (% ELISA-reactive) (% WB-reactive) Male 64.7 94.1 Female 63.6 100.0 Juvenile 23.1 92.3 Subadult 42.9 100.0 Adult 100.0 100.0 Total 64.1 97.4 * RhCMV, rhesus cytomegalovirus; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; SV40, simian virus 40; EIA, enzyme immunoassay; CHV-1,
cercopithecine herpesvirus 1; SFV, simian foamy virus; WB, Western blot.
Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1 (B virus), an alphaherpesvirus endemic in Asian macaques, is closely related to herpes simplex virus (HSV).
Herpesvirus B (
Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1) has been implicated as the cause of approximately 40 cases of meningoencephalitis affecting persons in direct or indirect contact with laboratory macaques.
Similar to herpesvirus B (
Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1),.which endangers humans but not its host species, Human herpesvirus 1 can act as a "killer virus" when crossing the species barrier to New World monkeys.