A man caught a rare but potentially lethal infection after being wounded by wild monkeys in a Hong Kong park and is currently in critical condition, health officials report.
A man caught a rare but potentially lethal infection after being wounded by wild monkeys in a Hong Kong park and is currently in critical condition, health officials report. The infection was caused by B virus, which is commonly found in the saliva, urine and stool of macaques, monkeys that live in various locations in the city, according to the Centre for Health Protection (CHP), an agency of the Department of Health in Hong Kong .
The monkeys themselves usually are either asymptomatic or show only mild symptoms of infection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes. According to the infected man's family, he'd encountered the monkeys during a visit to Kam Shan Country Park — home to an area nicknamed"Monkey Hill" — in late February. His case is thought to be the first human infection with B virus in Hong Kong, the CHP noted. B virus, also called monkey B virus or herpesvirus simiae, rarely infects people
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