Herpesvirus simplex Type 1 (HSV-1) in marmosets (Callithrix jacchus and Callithrix penicillata) - Pathological and molecular characterization / Herpesvirus simplex Tipo 1 (HSV-1) em sagüis (Callithrix jacchus e Callithrix penicillata) - Caracterização anatomopatológica e molecular

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2007

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The introduction of wild animals in the conviviality with humans represents serious risk to the health of both. The objective of this work was to prove the hypothesis of the HSV-1 is the agent of vesicular and ulcerative lesion in the skin and mucous membranes, associated with neurological signs observed in marmosets in Brazil. Six white-tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix jacchus), five black-tufted-ear marmosets (C. penicillata) and one hybrid were submitted to a postmortem examination. All of them were captive and their lesions were suggestive of herpetic infection. The immunohistochemistry (IHC) was performed, using streptavidin-biotin peroxidase technique with the use of polyclonal antibodies against HSV-1 and HSV-2. DNA from central nervous system (CNS) of nine marmosets was isolated by using the Qiagen Kit®. Type-specific PCR was performed using the specific primers HSV-U, HSV-1L AND HSV-2L for HSV-1 and HSV-2, which amplify a sequence of 503 pb and 435 pb respectively. Clinical finding were convulsion, weakness, hiporexia, salivation, aggressivity, skin ulcers and pseudomembranous patches in the tongue and in the oral mucosa. The histopathological examination showed in all marmosets a nonsuppurative necrotizing meningoencephalitis diffuse mild to severe with gliosis, perivascular cuffing, necrotizing vasculitis, neuronal and neuropil necrosis. The skin, oral cavity, tongue, liver, spleen, lymph nodes, adrenal glands and kidneys were also severely affected. In the CNS and in other tissues were observed intranuclear inclusion bodies (Cowdry Type A). The IHC showed a specific antigen-antibody reaction in the CNS of all marmosets. It was also found in tissues like the oral mucosa, the tongue, the skin, the liver, the adrenal glands, the kidneys, the lymph nodes and the nerves. The presence of the HSV-1 was confirmed by PCR in the CNS of 8/9 marmosets. Nonhuman Primates are not infected naturally by HSV-1, acquiring the disease through the contact with humans. The present study proves that HSV-1 causes fatal infections in marmosets in Brazil.

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callithrix jacchus marmoset callithrix penicillata patologia callithrix penicillata callithrix jacchus sagüi herpesvirus simplex pathology herpesvirus simplex

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