| herpesviruses--a zoonotic threat? | herpesviruses are highly host specific and share a long synchronous evolution with their hosts. only in rare cases, species barriers fall and allow animal to human or human to animal transmission. among the zoonotic herpesviruses, cercopithecine herpesvirus 1 is the most significant and can be transmitted from macaques to human. conversely, human herpesvirus 1 is capable of causing severe disease in primates. besides those two examples, there are several herpesviruses with a certainly limited or ... | 2010 | 19616388 |
| phylogenetic analysis of marine mammal herpesviruses. | five novel dna-dependent dna polymerase (dpol) herpesviral sequences were generated using nested consensus polymerase chain reaction (pcr) in clinical samples from a harbor seal (phoca vitulina), bottlenose dolphin (tursiops truncatus), orca (orcinus orca), california sea lion (zalophus californianus), and a phocid herpesvirus 2 (phhv-2) isolate from a harbor seal (used as positive control). these novel sequences and other representative herpesvirus sequences were included in bayesian and maximu ... | 2010 | 21055885 |
| serologic survey for brucella spp., phocid herpesvirus-1, phocid herpesvirus-2, and phocine distemper virus in harbor seals from alaska, 1976-1999. | harbor seals (phoca vitulina richardsi) were captured in the coastal regions of southeast alaska, gulf of alaska, prince william sound (pws), and kodiak island during 1976-1999. blood was collected from 286 seals. sera were tested for evidence of exposure to brucella spp., phocid herpesvirus-1 (phohv-1), phocid herpesvirus-2 (phhv-2), and phocine distemper virus (pdv). antibody prevalence rates were 46% (46/100) for brucella spp., 93% (225/243) for phohv-1, 0% (0/286) for phhv-2, and 1% (2/160) ... | 2006 | 16870851 |
| seal gammaherpesviruses: identification, characterisation and epidemiology. | phocid herpesvirus type 2 (phhv-2), tentatively classified as a gammaherpesvirus, has been isolated from european and american harbour seals (phoca vitulina). here we describe the isolation and the molecular as well as biological characterisation of different phhv-2 isolates from harbour seals and grey seals (halichoerus grypus). of 522 harbour seals and 231 grey seals that had been admitted to the seal research and rehabilitation centre in pieterburen, the netherlands, between 1992 and 2000, 38 ... | 2003 | 12837554 |
| serologic survey for phocid herpesvirus-1 and -2 in marine mammals from alaska and russia. | blood samples were collected from 1,042 marine mammals off the coast of alaska (usa) and russia during the period 1978 to 1994. eight species of pinnipeds were represented. sera were tested for presence of neutralizing antibodies to both the pb84 isolate of phocid herpesvirus-1 (phhv-1) and the 7848/han90 strain of phocid herpesvirus-2 (phhv-2). species-specific antibody prevalences ranged from 22% to 77% for phhv-1 and 11% to 50% for phhv-2. species-specific antibody prevalences for phhv-1 were ... | 1997 | 9249690 |