Herpes B Virus

• If you work with primates, you should take the course "Zoonoses of Nonhuman Primates" offered online through the UC Learning Management System.

• This article about Herpes B in pet monkeys has good general background information about the virus as well as a large number of current references.

• Julia Hilliard's comments about the possibility of maintaining Herpes B negative primates, taken from a CDC-sponsored symposium about Working Safely with Research Animals.

• Several excellent videos, including Working Safely with Primates, are available on-line from the National Institutes of Health.