HC Deb 23 October 2002 vol 391 c400W
Mr. Gummer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which simian diseases are transmissible to man. [75932]

Ms Blears

There are a number of zoonotic diseases, which can be transmitted from simians to man. These are Simian Herpes B Virus (Herpesvirus simiae), Simian Immunodeficiency Virus(SIV),Tuberculosis, Salmonellosis, Campylobacteriosis, Monkeypox, Rabies, Ebola and Marburg viruses, parvoviruses, and helminthic and protozoal infections.