Novel γ-2-Herpesvirus of the Rhadinovirus 2 Lineage in Gibbons

Abstract

We obtained 475 nucleotides of the DNA polymerase gene of a novel human herpesvirus 8 homolog sequence in a gibbon. The finding of this new gibbon virus, which clusters with a related chimpanzee virus in the rhadinovirus 2 genogroup, suggests the existence of a novel γ-2-herpesvirus in humans.

Keywords

• Herpesviruses
• Rhadinoviruses
• gibbon
• Asian apes
• consensus-degenerate primers
• phylogeny