However dangerous herpes B might be when infecting a person, the chances of monkey-human transmission seem to be extremely small. That’s what those research results from the Sangeh Monkey Forest in Bali suggest. Lisa and Gregory found a high prevalence of the virus among the macaques there, and a high incidence of macaque bites and scratches among the people, but no evidence of herpes B transfer. If cases do sometimes occur in Bali, they must escape medical notice, or else get taken for some other dreadful disease, such as polio, or rabies, which is a serious problem in Bali because of its
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