Simian Virology (eBook)

Alexander F. Voevodin, Preston A. Marx (Autoren)

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2009 | 1. Auflage
508 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-8138-0958-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Autor

Alexander F. Voevodin, MD, PhD, DSc, FRCPath is Professor of Virology, President, Vir&Gen, Toronto, Canada. Preston A. Marx, Jr., PhD is Professor of Tropical Medicine, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana.

Inhalt

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: Introduction to Primatology and Virology.

1 Classification of Nonhuman Primates.

2 Principles of Virology.

Part II: Simian Viruses and Nonhuman Primate Models of Viral
Infections.

Introduction to Part II.

Section 1: RNA Viruses.

Section 1.1: Simian Retroviruses.

Introduction to Retroviruses.

3 Lentiviruses in Their Natural Hosts.

4 Lentivirus AIDS Models.

5 Origins of Epidemic Forms HIV-1 and HIV-2.

6 Betaretroviruses.

7 Gammaretroviruses.

8 Deltaretroviruses.

9 Spumaviruses.

Section 1.2: Other Simian RNA Viruses.

10 Picornaviruses.

11 Arteriviruses.

Section 2: DNA Viruses.

Section 2.1: Simian Herpesviruses.

Introduction to Herpesviruses.

12 Simplexviruses.

13 Varicelloviruses.

14 Cytomegaloviruses.

15 Lymphocryptoviruses.

16 Rhadinoviruses.

Section 2.2: Other Simian DNA Viruses.

17 Parvoviruses.

18 Polyomaviruses.

19 Papillomaviruses.

20 Hepadnaviruses.

21 Adenoviruses.

Section 3: Miscellaneous RNA and DNA Viruses.

22 Miscellaneous Viruses.

Section 4: Experimental and Natural Infection of Nonhuman
Primates with Nonsimian Viruses.

23 Experimental Infection of Nonhuman Primates with Viruses of
Medical Importance.

24 Natural Infection of Nonhuman Primates with Nonsimian
Viruses.

Index.

Rezensionen

"Simian Virology is a well-organized and comprehensive book that
should be useful for undergraduate and graduate students,
veterinarians, biologists, and other professionals who work with
nonhuman primates (NHPs), viruses or NHPs, or NHPs involved in
research on human disease." (JAVMA, September 2010)

"Simian Virology is a comprehensive text covering the
biology of viruses whose natural hosts are simian species...The
authors of the text are each noted researchers in the field of
simian retrovirology." (JAALAS, January
2010)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.8.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie
• Themenwelt: Veterinärmedizin ► Klinische Fächer ► Parasitologie
• Schlagworte: Affen • Laboratory Animal Medicine • Veterinär-Labormedizin • Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin f. Zoo- u. Wildtiere • Veterinärmedizin / Mikrobiologie,Parasitologie,Infektionen,Immunologie • Veterinär-Labormedizin • Veterinärmedizin • Veterinärmedizin f. Zoo- u. Wildtiere • Veterinärmedizin / Mikrobiologie,Parasitologie,Infektionen,Immunologie • Veterinary Medicine • Veterinary Medicine - Zoo & Wildlife • Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology,Infectious Diseases & Immunology • Virologie
• ISBN-10: 0-8138-0958-4 / 0813809584
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8138-0958-8 / 9780813809588