TY - JOUR AU - Huemer, Hartwig P. AU - Larcher, Clara AU - Czedik-Eysenberg, Thomas AU - Nowotny, Norbert AU - Reifinger, Martin T1 - Fatal Infection of a Pet Monkey with Human herpesvirus 1 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2002 VL - 8 IS - 6 SP - 639 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Concerns have been raised about pet monkeys as a potential threat to humans. We report the opposite situation, a danger to pets that arises from humans. Similar to herpesvirus B (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1), which endangers humans but not its host species, Human herpesvirus 1 can act as a “killer virus” when crossing the species barrier to New World monkeys. KW - primate KW - marmoset KW - Callithrix KW - Human herpesvirus KW - HHV-1 KW - zoonosis KW - Austria DO - 10.3201/eid0806.010341 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/6/01-0341_article ER - End of Reference