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Volume 20, Number 11—November 2014
Dispatch

Human Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 in Confiscated Gorilla

Kirsten V.K. GilardiComments to Author , Kristie L. Oxford, David Gardner-Roberts1, Jean-Felix Kinani, Lucy Spelman2, Peter A. Barry, Michael R. Cranfield, and Linda J. Lowenstine
Author affiliations: University of California, Davis, California, USA (K.V.K. Gilardi, K.L. Oxford, P.A. Barry, M.R. Cranfield, L.J. Lowenstine); Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, Inc., Davis (D. Gardner-Roberts, J.-F, Kinani, L. Spelman, M.R. Cranfield)

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Table

Comparison of gorilla amplicon to other herpesviruses*

Gorilla amplicon identity
 HSV-1
 HSV-2
 MaHV-1
 PaHV-2
 HHV-3
 HHV-4
 HHV-5
 HHV-6
 HHV-8
 EHV-1
DNA, % 99.3 93.6 85.3 86.0 53.9 61.2 49.3 43.3 48.6 65.1
Protein, % 99.2 94.6 90.1 90.1 65.7 48.8 39.9 45.9 46.0 68.6

*Pairwise alignment of the gorilla amplicon DNA sequence (GenBank accession no. KJ396198) and predicted amino acid sequence of the corresponding region of HSV-1 (HHV-1; AFI98948), HSV-2 (HHV-2; AGI44412), MaHV-1 (AAT67222); PaHV-2 (YP_443877), HHV-3 (varicella zoster virus; ABF21820), HHV-4 (Epstein-Barr virus; YP_401712), HHV-5 (human cytomegalovirus; AAP37469), HHV6 (BAF93477), HHV-8 (Kaposi sarcoma virus; ACY00400), and EHV-1 (ADI96155). DNA–DNA alignments were performed by using the Wilbur-Lipman Method of the MegAlign (DNAStar, Madison, WI, USA) sequence alignment program (Ktuple = 3; gap penalty = 3; window = 20). Protein–protein alignments were performed by using the Lipman-Pearson method (Ktuple = 2; gap penalty = 4; gap length penalty = 12). EHV, equid herpesvirus; HSV, herpes simplex virus; HHV, human herpesvirus; MaHV, Macacine herpesvirus; PaHV, Papiine herpesvirus.

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1Current affiliation: ARMAC Veterinary Group, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.

2Current affiliation: Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

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