Ecology and social organisation of African rainforest primates: Relevance for understanding the transmission of retroviruses;Écologie et organisation sociale des primates de la forêt tropicale africaine : Aide à la compréhension de la transmission des rétrovirus

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 157-161

  Tutin, C E G ^a,b  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Disease transmission; Ecology; Hunting; Primate; Sub saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GABON; GORILLA; GROOMING; HUMAN; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GABON; GORILLA GORILLA; GROOMING; HUMANS; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; PRIMATES; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0034219868     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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