title: Detection and species-level identification of primate herpesviruses with a comprehensive PCR test for human herpesviruses.
abstract: A comprehensive assay for the identification of all eight human herpesviruses has been previously reported. This assay was extended to the detection and species-level identification of herpes B virus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1) and African green monkey cytomegalovirus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 5), two herpesviruses of relevance to the clinical virology laboratory.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Daryl
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ayers
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petric
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tellier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*