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Volume 28, Number 4—April 2022
Research

Fatal Human Alphaherpesvirus 1 Infection in Free-Ranging Black-Tufted Marmosets in Anthropized Environments, Brazil, 2012–2019

Tais M. Wilson, Jana M. Ritter, Roosecelis B. Martines, Hannah A. Bullock, Pamela Fair, Kay W. Radford, Isabel L. Macêdo, Davi E.R. Sousa, Alexandra A.B. Gonçalves, Alessandro P. Romano, Pedro H.O. Passsos, Daniel G. Ramos, Gabriela R.T. Costa, Karina R.L.J. Cavalcante, Cristiano B. de Melo, Sherif R. Zaki, and Marcio B. CastroComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (T.M. Wilson, J.M. Ritter, R.B. Martines, P. Fair, K.W. Radford, S.R. Zaki); University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil (T.M. Wilson, I.L. Macêdo, D.E.R. Sousa, A.A.B. Gonçalves, C.B. de Melo, M.B. Castro); Synergy America Inc., Atlanta (H.A. Bullock); Brazilian Ministry of Health, Brasília (A.P. Romano, P.H.O. Passos, D.G. Ramos, K.R.L.J. Cavalcante); Environmental Health Surveillance Directorate of the Federal District, Brasilia (G.R.T. Costa)

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Table 3

Primate alphaherpesviruses and interspecies disease manifestations*

Alphaherpesvirus ICTV name (common name) Natural host species Species with severe 
generalized disease Species with 
self-limiting disease
Human alphaherpesvirus 1, 2 (herpes simplex virus)
 Human
 New World primates
 Humans, 
Old World monkeys
Chimpanzee α-1 herpesvirus†
 Chimpanzee
 Unknown
 Chimpanzees
Macacine herpesvirus 1 (B virus)
 Macaques
 Humans, African 
green monkeys
 Macaques
Papiine herpesvirus 2 (herpesvirus papio 2)
 Baboon
 Unknown
 Baboons
Cercopithecine alphaherpesvirus 2 (simian agent 8)
 Vervet, baboon, African green monkey
 Unknown
 Baboon
Langur herpesvirus†
 Langur
 Unknown
 Langur
Saimirine herpesvirus 1
 Squirrel monkey
 Owl monkeys, 
marmosets, tamarins
 Squirrel monkey
Ateline alphaherpesvirus 1
 Spider monkey
 Unknown
 Spider monkey
Human herpesvirus 3 (varicella zoster virus)
 Human
 Unknown
 Humans, great apes
Cercopithecine alphaherpesvirus 9 (simian varicella virus) Macaque African cercopithecines African cercopithecines

*ICTV, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. †Not classified by ICTV (https://talk.ictvonline.org).

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