![]() ![]() This chapter discusses those viral diseases of importance to captive primates or to the health of personnel involved in their care by taxonomic family to which the causative agent is classified. This is particularly true at facilities where there is frequent turnover or movement of animals or where animals recently imported from natural habitats are introduced into colonies of highly susceptible colony-born animals. Viral infections pose a potential threat to the health of (1) laboratory and zoological colonies of nonhuman primates and (2) the personnel involved in their care. Numerous examples of each of these scenarios are documented within this chapter. For instance, a number of minimally pathogenic viruses may cause severe disease in animals immunosuppressed from pharmacologic manipulation or immunodeficient from concurrent infection with viruses that target the immune system. ![]() ![]() Perhaps of equal importance is the realization that experimental manipulations may inadvertently expose animals to unrecognized pathogens with lethal consequences. Similarly, transmission of viral agents from nonprimate host to primate host may result in severe disease. The likelihood of such transmission is increased when changes in the environment place different species in close proximity. A doctrine of comparative virology is that infection of the immunocompetent, appropriate host often is associated with minimal disease, whereas infection of the inadvertent susceptible host can have devastating consequences. This chapter discusses those viral diseases of importance to nonhuman primates and their caregivers by taxonomic family to which the causative agent is classified. Viral infections pose a potential threat to the health of laboratory and zoological colonies of nonhuman primates as well as the personnel involved in their care. ![]()
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