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J. Virol., 12 1997, 9764-9769, Vol 71, No. 12
RC Desrosiers, VG Sasseville, SC Czajak, X Zhang, KG Mansfield, A Kaur, RP Johnson, AA Lackner and JU Jung
A herpesvirus that is related to but distinct from the Kaposi's sarcoma-
associated herpesvirus (KSHV, or human herpesvirus 8) was isolated from
rhesus monkeys. The sequence of 10.6 kbp from virion DNA revealed the
presence of an interleukin-6 homolog similar to what is present in KSHV and
a closer relatedness of the DNA polymerase and glycoprotein B reading
frames to those of KSHV than to those of any other herpesvirus. This rhesus
monkey herpesvirus replicated lytically and to high titers in cultured
rhesus monkey fibroblasts. Antibody testing revealed a high prevalence for
at least 10 years in our rhesus monkey colony and a high prevalence in two
other colonies that were tested. Thus, rhesus monkeys naturally harbor a
virus related to KSHV, which we have called RRV, for rhesus monkey
rhadinovirus.
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A herpesvirus of rhesus monkeys related to the human Kaposi's sarcoma- associated herpesvirus
New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772-9102, USA.
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