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Historical Bibliography Updated: March 23, 2020

Novel virus related to Kaposi's Sarcoma associated herpesvirus from Colobus monkey.

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Emerg. Infect. Dis., 25, 1548-1551. 2019 CE.

Discovery of a new Karposi's Sarcoma virus in monkeys, named CbGHV1. Autopsy showed that the monkey died from a "primary effusion lymphoma" similar to the deaths of humans from human Karposi Sarcoma virus.

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

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