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Table 2.

Key NHP models of human virus infections.

Human virus	Equivalent NHP virus^*
NHP species: Asian macaques
HIV-1	SIV SHIV simian tropic HIV
Dengue	Dengue
Zika	Zika
Ebola	Ebola
Chikunguyna	Chikungunya
Varicella Zoster Virus	Simian Varicella Virus
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)	Rhesus CMV
Epstein-Barr Virus	Rhesus lymphocryptovirus
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus	Rhesus rhadinovirus
Pox viruses	Monkeypox
NHP species: Marmosets
Hepatitis C	GB Virus-B

All of the listed NHP models have been used to study disease pathogenesis and the development of vaccines and therapeutics, apart from the NHP HIV models, which have also been used to study transmission.