Comparative virology of primates

Special issue: Comparative biogeography of Neotropical primates.

New research presented in this special issue of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution on the "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Neotropical Primates" greatly improves our understanding of the evolutionary history of the New World monkeys and provides insights into the multiple platyrrhine radiations, diversifications, extinctions, and recolonizations that have taken place over time and over space i...

Nonhuman primates are relevant models for research in hematology, immunology and virology.

Nonhuman primates have been used for biomedical research for several decades. They have proved to be models that are relevant to humans because of the high level of gene homology which underlies physiological and biochemical similarities. The similarity of monkeys to humans has been used to investigate pathophysiological mechanisms in hematology, immunology and virology. New therapeutic procedu...

Virology

This volume of the Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology contains a wealth of information on the neural control of movement. Overall, the approach of the authors is to stress basic experimental data. Therefore, the book will be an excellent reference source for basic scientists as well as clinicians. The first chapters of the book examine the role of muscle in movement. These chapters discuss rec...

Virology.

Virology Discovery

Introduction: The Ramsay Hunt syndrome is characterized by herpetic lesions combined with peripheral facial nerve palsy. The disease is caused by a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus and can be deceiving since the herpetic lesions are not always present (zoster sine herpete) and might mimic other severe neurological illnesses. This article reviews the various forms of Ramsay Hunt syndro...