A 37-year-old man wounded by a wild monkey in Hong Kong is in intensive care suffering from infection with B virus. Although this is the first reported case of a B virus infection in a human in ...

He was discovered to have contracted an infection of B virus, also known as Monkey B virus or Herpesvirus simiae, which is commonly found in the saliva, urine, and feces of macaques ...

that a 37-year-old man with good past health died on June 18 last year after being injured by wild monkeys that February. He tested positive for B virus after the attack and developed shock the ...

Scientists have found that an oral antiviral drug successfully prevents monkeys from dying after an Ebola infection, an advance that may prevent future outbreaks of the deadly virus. At such a ...

only one case of B virus human infection has been recorded in Hong Kong. As the virus is naturally carried in the saliva, urine and stool of macaques - wild animals commonly found in Hong Kong, people ...