Simian Virology
First published:7 August 2009
Print ISBN:9780813824321 |Online ISBN:9780813809793 |DOI:10.1002/9780813809793
Copyright © 2009 Alexander F. Voevodin and Preston A. Marx, Jr.
About this book
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.
Reviews
"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)
Author Bios
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.