The role of colony organization on pathogen transmission in social insects

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 427-439

  Naug, Dhruba ^a   Camazine, Scott ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGEN; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ERGONOMICS; INFECTION; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0036292225     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2001.2524     Document Type: Article

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