B-virus from Pet Macaque Monkeys: An Emerging Threat in the United States?

Autor:	S Abelt, T Parrott, S R Ostrowski, M J Leslie, P E Piercy
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Primates medicine.medical_specialty Herpesvirus 1 Cercopithecine lcsh:Medicine Guidelines as Topic Macaque Virus lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Herpesviridae Infections Health hazard biology.animal medicine Animals Humans lcsh:RC109-216 biology Public health Monkey Diseases lcsh:R Meningoencephalitis medicine.disease Bite wounds Virology United States Animals Domestic Communicable Disease Control Macaca Public Health Research Article
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 117-121 (1998) Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN:	1080-6059 1080-6040
Popis:	Of primary concern when evaluating macaque bites are bacterial and B-virus infections. B-virus infection is highly prevalent (80% to 90%) in adult macaques and may cause a potentially fatal meningoencephalitis in humans. We examined seven nonoccupational exposure incidents involving 24 persons and eight macaques. Six macaques were tested for herpes B; four (67%) were seropositive. A common observation was that children were more than three times as likely to be bitten than adults. The virus must be assumed to be a potential health hazard in macaque bite wounds; this risk makes macaques unsuitable as pets.
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