Barahona H, Melendez L V, Hunt R D, Forbes M, Fraser C E, Daniel M D
J Infect Dis. 1975 Dec;132(6):694-7. doi: 10.1093/infdis/132.6.694.
Herpesvirus saimiri was naturally transmitted from squirrel monkeys excreting the virus to one of two owl monkeys housed in the same cage. The owl monkey became infected approximately three months after contact was initiated. H. saimiri was consistently isolated from the peripheral lymphocytes until this animal died eight months later. During this period the owl monkey developed specific antibody to H. saimiri to a maximal neutralization index of 5.5 logs. The other monkey remained uninfected for an ovservation period of one year. The documentation of this horizontal transmission of H. saimiri infection from squirrel monkeys to an owl monkey suggests that owl monkeys developing spontaneous malignant lymphomas associated with H. saimiri infection may also have acquired the infection in this manner.
赛米利疱疹病毒从排出该病毒的松鼠猴自然传播到同笼饲养的两只鸮猴中的一只。在接触开始约三个月后，这只鸮猴被感染。直到这只动物八个月后死亡，赛米利疱疹病毒一直能从其外周淋巴细胞中持续分离出来。在此期间，这只鸮猴产生了针对赛米利疱疹病毒的特异性抗体，最大中和指数达到5.5对数。另一只猴子在一年的观察期内未被感染。赛米利疱疹病毒感染从松鼠猴到鸮猴的这种水平传播的记录表明，发生与赛米利疱疹病毒感染相关的自发性恶性淋巴瘤的鸮猴也可能是以这种方式获得感染的。
