Volume 8, Number 6, June 2002

Dispatch

Fatal Infection of a Pet Monkey with Human herpesvirus 1

Hartwig P. Huemer,* Clara Larcher,* Thomas Czedik-Eysenberg,† Norbert Nowotny,‡§ and Martin Reifinger‡
*University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; †Tierklinik Rodaun, Vienna, Austria; ‡University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria; and §United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Figure. Left: cytopathic effect in Vero cells consisting of a plaque and rounding of the cells after homogenized altered mucosal membrane of the marmoset was added to the cell culture. Right: type-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Lanes 1 and 2 show fragments of 229-bp DNA amplified from Human herpesvirus 1 (HHV-1) and 241 bp from HHV-2 control strains, respectively. Lane S shows an HHV-1–specific PCR product amplified from an oral mucosa specimen of the marmoset; no product was obtained from supernatants of uninfected cell culture (lane -). Lane M, 1 kb DNA Ladder (GIBCO/BRL,Grand Island, NY).

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