4 lemurs die of human herpesvirus, including one that had been used in a 'lemur yoga' class

Дата публикации: 15-08-2026 13:00:00

Researchers recently confirmed cases of human herpesvirus infection in four lemurs, which died of the infection after having close contact with …

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Four lemurs that had close contact with people, including one via a "lemur yoga" class, caught a human herpesvirus and subsequently died, a new study shows.

The virus at fault was herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which is extremely common in humans. In people, the infection usually causes no symptoms or produces cold sores. In primates, though, the infections can often be deadly — in this case, all four lemurs developed encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, and died.

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