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Natural Herpesvirus hominis infection of a gibbon (Hylobates lar)

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Herpesvirus hominis was isolated from the brain of a pet male gibbon (Hylobates lar) which died of apparent encephalitis in April, 1958, in Los Angeles County, California. The source of infection is presumed to have been a human carrying the virus asymptomatically.

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  1. Edwin H. Lennette

    Present address: Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, California State Department of Public Health, Berkeley, California, USA

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    Richard W. Emmons

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This study was supported by Grant AI-01475 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

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Emmons, R.W., Lennette, E.H. Natural Herpesvirus hominis infection of a gibbon (Hylobates lar). Archiv f Virusforschung 31, 215–218 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01253755

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