Includes bibliographical references and index.

Collection methods and diagnostic procedures for primate parasitolog y / Ellis C. Greiner and Antoinette McIntosh -- Methods of collec tion and identification of minute nematodes from the feces of primates, with special application to coevolutionary study of pinworms / Hide o Hasegawa -- The utility of molecular methods for elucidating prima te-pathogen relationships : the Oesophagostomum bifurcum example / R obin B. Gasser, Johanna M. de Gruijter, and Anton M. Polderman -- T he application of endocrine measures in primate parasite ecology / M ichael P. Muehlenbein -- Using agent-based models to investigate pri mate disease ecology / Charles L. Nunn -- What does a parasite se e when it looks at a chimpanzee? / Michael V. K. Sukhdeo and Suzanne C. Sukhdeo -- Primate malarias : evolution, adaptation, and species jumping / Anthony Di Fiore ... [et al.] -- Disease avoidance and the evolution of primate social connectivity : Ebola, bats, gorillas, and chimpanzees / Peter D. Walsh, Magdalena Bermejo, and Josâe Domin go Rodrâiguez-Teijeiro -- Primate-parasitic zoonoses and anthropozoo noses : a literature review / Taranjit Kaur and Jatinder Singh -- Lice and other parasites as markers of primate evolutionary history / David L. Reed ... [et al.] -- Cryptic species and biodiversity of lice from primates / Natalie P. Leo --

Prevalence of Clostridium perfringens in intestinal microflora of no n-human primates / Shiho Fujita, Asami Ogasawara, and Takashi Kageya ma -- Intestinal bacteria of chimpanzees in the wild and in captivit y : an application of molecular ecological methodologies / Kazunari Ushida -- Gastrointestinal parasites of bonobos in the Lomako Forest , Democratic Republic of Congo / Jozef Dupain ... [et al.] -- Hab itat disturbance and seasonal fluctuations of lemur parasites in the ra in forest of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar / Patricia C. Wrig ht ... [et al.] -- Chimpanzee-parasite ecology at Budongo Forest (Ug anda) and the Mahale Mountains (Tanzania) : influence of climatic diffe rences on self-medicative behavior / Michael A. Huffman ... [et al.] -- Primate exposure and the emergence of novel retroviruses / Na than D. Wolfe and William M. Switzer -- Overview of parasites infect ing howler monkeys, Alouatta sp., and potential consequences of human-h owler interactions / Sylvia K. Vitazkova -- Primate parasite ecol ogy : patterns and predictions from an ongoing study of Japanese macaqu es / Alexander D. Hernandez, Andrew J. MacIntosh, and Michael A. Huf fman -- Crop raiding : the influence of behavioral and nutritional c hanges on primate-parasite relationships / Anna H. Weyher -- Can parasite infections be a selective force influencing primate group size ? : a test with red colobus / Colin A. Chapman, Jessica M. Rothman, and Stacey A. M. Hodder -- How does diet quality affect the parasite ecology of mountain gorillas? / Jessica M. Rothman, Alice N. Pell, and Dwight D. Bowman -- Host-parasite dynamics : connecting primate field data to theory / Colin A. Chapman, Stacey A. M. Hodder, and Je ssica M. Rothman -- Ways forward in the study of primate disease eco logy / Colin A. Chapman ... [et al.] -- Useful diagnostic referen ces and images of protozoans, helminths, and nematodes commonly found i n wild primates / Hideo Hasegawa, Colin A. Chapman, and Michael A. H uffman.