<p>A Beijing-based veterinarian who was confirmed as China's first human infection case of Monkey B virus (BV) has died, amid rising concerns, the official media here reported.</p>.<p>The 53-year-old male vet, who worked for an institution researching on non-human primates, showed early-onset symptoms of nausea and vomiting, a month after he dissected two dead monkeys in early March, the state-run Global Times reported on Saturday, citing English Platform of Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.</p>.<p>The vet had sought treatment in several hospitals, and eventually died on May 27, the report said.</p>.<p>His close contacts are safe from it, for now, it added.</p>.<p>It said that there were no fatal or even clinically evident BV infections in China before, thus the vet's case marks the first human infection case with BV identified in China.</p>.<p>Researchers had collected the cerebrospinal fluid of the veterinarian in April and identified him as positive for BV, yet samples of his close contacts suggested negative results for the virus.</p>.<p>The virus, initially isolated in 1932, is an alphaherpesvirus enzootic in macaques of the genus Macaca. It can be transmitted via direct contact and exchange of bodily secretions and has a fatality rate of 70 per cent to 80 per cent.</p>.<p>The journal suggested that BV in monkeys might pose a potential threat to occupational workers.</p>.<p>It is necessary to eliminate BV during the development of specific pathogen-free rhesus colonies and to strengthen surveillance in laboratory macaques and occupational workers in China, the report said. PTI KJV MRJ MRJ</p>
<p>A Beijing-based veterinarian who was confirmed as China's first human infection case of Monkey B virus (BV) has died, amid rising concerns, the official media here reported.</p>.<p>The 53-year-old male vet, who worked for an institution researching on non-human primates, showed early-onset symptoms of nausea and vomiting, a month after he dissected two dead monkeys in early March, the state-run Global Times reported on Saturday, citing English Platform of Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.</p>.<p>The vet had sought treatment in several hospitals, and eventually died on May 27, the report said.</p>.<p>His close contacts are safe from it, for now, it added.</p>.<p>It said that there were no fatal or even clinically evident BV infections in China before, thus the vet's case marks the first human infection case with BV identified in China.</p>.<p>Researchers had collected the cerebrospinal fluid of the veterinarian in April and identified him as positive for BV, yet samples of his close contacts suggested negative results for the virus.</p>.<p>The virus, initially isolated in 1932, is an alphaherpesvirus enzootic in macaques of the genus Macaca. It can be transmitted via direct contact and exchange of bodily secretions and has a fatality rate of 70 per cent to 80 per cent.</p>.<p>The journal suggested that BV in monkeys might pose a potential threat to occupational workers.</p>.<p>It is necessary to eliminate BV during the development of specific pathogen-free rhesus colonies and to strengthen surveillance in laboratory macaques and occupational workers in China, the report said. PTI KJV MRJ MRJ</p>