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Volume 32, Number 5—May 2026

Research Letter

Herpes Simplex Virus 1 in Trigeminal Ganglia of Trafficked Neotropical Primates, Peru, 2024

Fernando Vilchez-DelgadoComments to Author , Lin Zhou, Shannon O’Connor, Renato Colan, Leticia Escobar-Mendoza, A. Patricia Mendoza, Bruno M. Ghersi, Roy Andrade, Michael Talledo-Albújar, and Marieke H. Rosenbaum
Author affiliation: Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA (F. Vilchez-Delgado, L. Zhou, S. O’Connor, B.M. Ghersi, M.H. Rosenbaum); Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, San Martin de Porres, Lima, Peru (F. Vilchez-Delgado, L. Escobar-Mendoza, R. Andrade, M. Talledo-Albujar); National Forest and Wildlife Service, Lima (R. Colan); Washington University–St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (A.P. Mendoza)

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Table

Herpesvirus detection in various organs and sample sites from trafficked Neotropical primates with Alphaherpesvirus-positive trigeminal ganglia, Peru, 2024

Animal ID Species Sample type
Trigeminal ganglia Oral swab Heart Liver Spleen Kidney Salivary glands
NE-004-24 Sapajus HSV-1 SapLCV1 SapLCV1 NR NR NR SapCMV1
NE-015-24 Sapajus HSV-1 NR NR NR NR NR NR
NE-020-24 Aotus HSV-1 NR NR NR HSV-1 HSV-1 NR
NE-033-24 Sapajus HSV-1 NR NR NR HSV-1 NR NR
NE-011-24 Saimiri SaHV-1 SsciLCV2 SsciLCV2 NR NR NR SsciCMV1
NE-021-24 Saimiri SaHV-1 SbolCMV1 SsciLCV2 NR SsciLCV2 NR SbolCMV1

*ID, identification; HSV-1, human simplexvirus 1; NR, negative results; SaHV-1, Saimiriine herpesvirus 1; SapCMV1, Sapajus apella cytomegalovirus 1; SapLCV1, Sapajus apella lymphocryptovirus 1; SbolCMV1, Saimiri boliviensis cytomegalovirus 1; SsciCMV1, Saimiri sciureus cytomegalovirus 1; SsciLCV2, Saimiri sciureus lymphocryptovirus 2.

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