Encephalomyelitis Due to Infection withHerpesvirus simiae(Herpes B Virus)

B Virus Infection in Man

“…Tissue specimens suspected of harboring the virus are better preserved in 50 per cent glycerol than by freezing. (3) In histopathology: in experimentally produced infections, intranucleus inclusion bodies are formed in affected cells and are readily demonstrable. Their demonstration in patients who have succumbed to a B virus infection is most difficult, as it depends on the time elapsed between the onset of infection and death: inclusion bodies have been found in persons with fulminating encephalitis who died within a few days, but rarely in persons dying…”

Laboratory-Associated Infections: Incidence, Fatalities, Causes, and Prevention

“…The designation, B virus, derives from the name of the first victim of the disease, W. Brebner, who was bitten by a rhesus monkey in 1932 and from whose brain Sabin & Wright (156) isolated the virus. Of the 15 fatalities 9 occurred in 1957 and 1958 (29,70,112,124,132).…”

Postexposure immunoprophylaxis against B virus (Herpesvirus simiae) infection.

“…2 The British Regional Heart Study is a further effort to investigate the problem.3 Researchers have noted associations between cardiovascular diseases and cigarette smoking and, to a less extent, drinking alcohol.5 6 Cigarette smoking has been positively associated with the prevalence and incidence of ischaemic heart disease,7 light drinking has been associated with lower blood pressure8 and less cardiovascular disease,9 10 and heavy drinking has been associated with both higher blood pressure4 811 and more ischaemic heart disease. "2 13 Probably at least part of the well-known regional variation in mortality from cardiovascular disease may be explained by regional variations in these two risk factors of smoking and drinking.…”