title: Calicivirus isolation and persistence in a pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus).
abstract: What may be the first calicivirus isolate from any primate species, including man, was recovered from a herpesvirus-like lip lesion on a pygmy chimpanzee and then, 6 months later, from the throat of the same animal. The infected individual and its cage mates had circulating antibodies that were type-specific for this calicivirus. The agent was antigenically different from 30 other calicivirus serotypes and is tentatively designated primate calicivirus Pan paniscus type 1 (PCV-Pan 1).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000276:immunology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D002139:Caliciviridae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D015186:Hominidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000956:Antigens, Viral