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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2023

Case Report: Late Reactivation of Herpes B Virus After a Monkey Bite: A Case of Severe Meningoencephalitis.

Ester Ponzetto, Quentin Delhez, Maarten Hoppenbrouwers, Nicolas De Schryver, Nicolas Serck, Thierry Dugernier, Marie-Céline Duray, Benjamin Gressens, Marco Vinetti, Gregorius J Sips and 3 more

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Herpes B virus and the neglected risk of zoonotic spillover.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026
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  4. A narrative review of monkey B virus (Clinical and experimental vaccine research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ester PonzettoIntensive Care Unit, Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium.
Quentin DelhezIntensive Care Unit, Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium.
Maarten HoppenbrouwersDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Nicolas De SchryverIntensive Care Unit, Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium.
Nicolas SerckIntensive Care Unit, Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium.
Thierry DugernierIntensive Care Unit, Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium.
Marie-Céline DurayDepartment of Neurology, Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium.
Benjamin GressensIntensive Care Unit, Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium.
Marco VinettiIntensive Care Unit, Clinique Saint-Pierre, Ottignies, Belgium.
Gregorius J SipsDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Jeroen van KampenDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Corine H GeurtsvanKesselDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Sander van BoheemenDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Clinique Saint Pierre · BEErasmus MC · NLErasmus University Rotterdam · NLGGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macacine alphaherpesvirus 1, also known as herpes B virus (BV), is an alphaherpesvirus endemic to several macaque species, capable of causing zoonotic infections in humans, with high mortality rates. Evidence of reactivation in humans has rarely been reported. Here we depict a case of BV reactivation after 54 years, leading to severe meningoencephalitis. This case supports the use of antiviral prophylaxis in patients surviving a confirmed BV central nervous system infection. We sequenced DNA from BV obtained from the patient's cerebrospinal fluid. Phylogenetic analysis showed significant divergence in the clustering of this particular BV strain compared with other known BVs. Therefore, additional efforts are needed to obtain a broader sequence landscape from BVs circulating in monkeys.

Indexed as

Herpesvirus 1, CercopithecineMeningoencephalitisAgedAnimalsFemaleHumansMacacaPhylogenyZoonoses

Identifiers

PMID37972322
PMCPMC10793070
OpenAlexW4387674361

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