Dhingra A, Ganzenmueller T, Hage E, Suárez NM, Mätz-Rensing K, Widmer D, Pöhlmann S, Davison AJ, Schulz TF, Kaul A. Novel Virus Related to Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus from Colobus Monkey.
Emerg Infect Dis 2019;
25:1548-1551. [PMID:
31310220 PMCID:
PMC6649351 DOI:
10.3201/eid2508.181802]
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Abstract
We determined the complete genome sequence of a virus isolated from a mantled guereza that died of primary effusion lymphoma. The virus is closely related to Kaposi’s sarcoma–associated herpesvirus (KSHV) but lacks some genes implicated in KSHV pathogenesis. This finding may help determine how KSHV causes primary effusion lymphoma in humans.
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