| fatal human herpesvirus type 1 infection in a white-handed gibbon (hylobates lar). | this report documents a case of spontaneous, fatal, and likely recrudescent human herpesvirus type 1 (hhv-1) infection in a captive white-handed gibbon (hylobates lar) confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (pcr). an approximately 44-year-old, captive, female, white-handed gibbon with a history of recurrent conjunctivitis and occasional seizures became acutely weak, disoriented, and ataxic. a postictal state was suspected by caretakers and veterinary staff, and euthanasia was ultimately elected ... | 2005 | 16130997 |