Simian Virology and Host Systematics

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.

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.