Fatal Herpes simplex virus 1 ( HSV-1 ) Infection in a Group of Zoo-Kept White-Faced Saki Monkeys ( Pithecia pithecia ) in Israel

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Author	Lapid
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	ABST RACT On November 2016, a family of three white-faced saki monkeys (Pithecia pithecia) died 72–96 hours after the onset of signs of apathy, anorexia and oral ulceration. Despite the palliative treatment all the monkeys died and post-mortem examinations showed multifocal erosive stomatitis with intralesional inclusion bodies, hepatic necrotic foci and random neuronal necrosis in the brain cortex. Herpes simplex virus 1 HSV-1 was identified by PCR testing. HSV-1 is widely dispersed among the human population and infection is often asymptomatic but nonhuman primates commonly develop a severe and often fatal infection. These findings demonstrate the vulnerability of white-faced saki monkeys to HSV-1 similar to other new-world primate species. This is the first report, to the best knowledge of the authors of a fatal HSV-1 infection in zoo-kept white-faced saki monkeys and also of new world monkeys in Israel.
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