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SUBMITTER: Greensill J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC111496 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Greensill J J Sheldon J A JA Renwick N M NM Beer B E BE Norley S S Goudsmit J J Schulz T F TF
Journal of virology 20000201 3
Primate gamma-2 herpesviruses (rhadinoviruses) have so far been found in humans (Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus [KSHV], also called human herpesvirus 8), macaques (Macaca spp.) (rhesus rhadinovirus [RRV] and retroperitoneal fibromatosis herpesvirus [RFHV]), squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) (herpesvirus saimiri), and spider monkeys (Ateles spp.) (herpesvirus ateles). Using serological screening and degenerate consensus primer PCR for the viral DNA polymerase gene, we have detected seq ...[more]