TY - JOUR AU - Jones-Engel, Lisa AU - Engel, Gregory AU - Heidrich, John AU - Chalise, Mukesh AU - Poudel, Narayan AU - Viscidi, Raphael AU - Barry, Peter AU - Allan, Jonathan AU - Grant, Richard AU - Kyes, Randy T1 - Temple Monkeys and Health Implications of Commensalism, Kathmandu, Nepal T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 6 SP - 900 SN - 1080-6059 AB - The threat of zoonotic transmission of infectious agents at monkey temples highlights the necessity of investigating the prevalence of enzootic infectious agents in these primate populations. Biological samples were collected from 39 rhesus macaques at the Swoyambhu Temple and tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Western blot, polymerase chain reaction, or combination of these tests for evidence of infection with rhesus cytomegalovirus (RhCMV), Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1 (CHV-1), simian virus 40 (SV40), simian retrovirus (SRV), simian T-cell lymphotropic virus (STLV), simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), and simian foamy virus (SFV). Antibody seroprevalence was 94.9% to RhCMV (37/39), 89.7% to SV40 (35/39), 64.1% to CHV-1 (25/39), and 97.4% to SFV (38/39). Humans who come into contact with macaques at Swoyambhu risk exposure to enzootic primateborne viruses. We discuss implications for public health and primate management strategies that would reduce contact between humans and primates. KW - simian retrovirus KW - simian T-cell lymphotropic virus KW - Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1 KW - simian foamy virus KW - SV40 KW - RhCMV KW - Macaca KW - primate zoonoses KW - Asia KW - temple monkeys KW - Nepal DO - 10.3201/eid1206.060030 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/6/06-0030_article ER - End of Reference