Intestinal parasite infections and fecal steroid levels in wild chimpanzees

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 546-550

  Muehlenbein, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dominance rank; Immune endocrine interaction; Immunosuppression; Primate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; FECES ANALYSIS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; APE DISEASES; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE; UGANDA;

EID: 33746256091     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20391     Document Type: Article

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