Rhesus and pig-tailed macaque parvoviruses: Identification of two new members of the erythrovirus genus in monkeys

We have previously reported the identification of a novel simian parvovirus in cynomolgus monkeys, which causes severe anemia in immunosuppressed cyno molgus monkeys and is currently being studied as an animal model for human B19 infection. We now report two similar outbreaks of anemia in rhesus and pig-tailed macaques associated with two distinct but similar simian parvovi ruses (pig-tailed macaque and rhesus parvovirus). Both viruses have been cl oned and over 5000 nucleotides sequenced from each virus. The viruses show marked similarities to other members of the Erythrovirus genus in the Parvo viridae family. (C) 2000 Academic Press.