Simian Virology
by Alexander F. Voevodin, Preston A. Marx
August 2009
Simian Virology is the first text to comprehensively cover all currently known simian viruses. Chapters provide an overview of nonhuman primate models of medically important viral diseases as well as natural infections of nonhuman primates with human and animal viruses. The text covers a variety of topics including primate models of medically important viral diseases such as AIDS, hypotheses on the origins of epidemic forms of HIV, and viral diseases caused by non-simian viruses in both wild and captive primates.
- First text to comprehensively cover all currently known simian viruses
- Provides an overview of nonhuman primate models of medically important viral diseases as well as natural infections of nonhuman primates with human and animal viruses
- Introductory chapters cover primate taxonomy, virology basics, and general properties of retroviruses and herpesviruses
- Details the history, classification and structure, pathogenesis and infection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of simian viruses
- Valuable tool for research virologists, conservationists, primate and zoo veterinarians, and students
