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Volume 31, Number 4—April 2025
Research

Prevalence of Herpes B Virus in Wild Long-Tailed Macaques, Thailand, 2018–2024

Krittiga Sapkanarak, Jiro Yasuda, Murasaki Amano, Suthirote Meesawat, Taratorn Kemthong, Titiporn Kaikaew, and Suchinda Malaivijitnond
Author affiliation: Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (K. Sapkanarak, T. Kaikaew, S. Malaivijitnond); Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan (J. Yasuda, M. Amano); National Primate Research Center of Thailand, Saraburi, Thailand (S. Meesawat, T. Kemthong, S. Malaivijitnond)

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Figure 2

Distribution of 6 virus-positive wild long-tailed macaque populations in study of prevalence of herpes B virus in Thailand, 2018–2024. Dark gray shading indicates distribution of Macaca fascicularis subspecies aurea macaques; light gray shading indicates geographic range of M. fascicularis subsp. fascicularis macaques. Red text indicates locations of macaques BTB14 and MFRC17 described previously (14). BTB, Bang Ta Boon; CAO, Wat Tham Khao Cha Ang On; MFRC, Mangrove Forest Research Center; TPK, Tham Pra Khayang; WKN, Wat KuPhra Ko Na; WTT, Wat Tham Thep Ban Dan.

Figure 2. Distribution of 6 virus-positive wild long-tailed macaque populations in study of prevalence of herpes B virus in Thailand, 2018–2024. Dark gray shading indicates distribution of Macaca fascicularis subspecies aurea macaques; light gray shading indicates geographic range of M. fascicularis subsp. fascicularis macaques. Red text indicates locations of macaques BTB14 and MFRC17 described previously (14). BTB, Bang Ta Boon; CAO, Wat Tham Khao Cha Ang On; MFRC, Mangrove Forest Research Center; TPK, Tham Pra Khayang; WKN, Wat KuPhra Ko Na; WTT, Wat Tham Thep Ban Dan.

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