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. 1992 Jul;21(5):246-51.

Evidence for an alpha-herpesvirus indigenous to mountain gorillas

R Eberle  1
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  • PMID: 1328641

Evidence for an alpha-herpesvirus indigenous to mountain gorillas

R Eberle. J Med Primatol. 1992 Jul.

Abstract

Sera from wild mountain gorillas were screened for antibodies reactive with primate alpha-herpesviruses. Four of seven individuals tested (58%) were positive. In all four sera the highest titers were to HSV-2 followed by HSV-1 and SA8. Immunoblot analysis confirmed a preferential reactivity with HSV-2 antigen. Further analysis by competition ELISA indicated that these gorillas had experienced infection with a virus antigenically similar but not identical to HSV-2. These results represent the first evidence for an alpha-herpesvirus indigenous in a free ranging, nonhuman anthropoid species.

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