Simian virology [[electronic resource] /] / Alexander F. Voevodin, Preston A. Marx, Jr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139802503321
• Autore: Voevodin Alexander F
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-27918-1; 9786612279188; 0-8138-0979-7; 0-8138-0958-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (537 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MarxPreston A
• Disciplina: 616.9; 616.9/18801; 616.918801
• Soggetti: Simian viruses; Viruses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Simian Virology; 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 1.1: Simian Retroviruses; Introduction to Retroviruses; 3 Lentiviruses in Their Natural Hosts*; 4 Lentiviruses AIDS Models; 5 Origins of Epidemic Forms HIV-1 and HIV-2; 6 Betaretroviruses; 7 Gammaretroviruses; 8 Deltaretroviruses; 9 Spumaviruses; 10 Picornaviruses; 11 Arteriviruses; Section 2.1: Simian Herpesviruses; Introduction to Herpesviruses; 12 Simplexviruses13 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; Color Plates
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.