Isolation of a herpes simplex virus type 1-like agent from the brain of a mountain agile gibbon (Hylobates agilis agilis) with encephalitis

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-64

  Mootnick, Alan R ^a   Reingold, Marvin ^a   Holshuh, H J ^b   Mirkovic, Radmila R ^c  

^a Gibbon Conservation Center   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Herpes simplex virus 1; HSV1; Hylobates agilis agilis; Mountain agile gibbon; Virology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CERCOPITHECUS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HYLOBATES; MALE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0032015678     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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