Disease transmission by cannibalism: Rare event or common occurrence?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1614, 2007, Pages 1205-1210

  Rudolf, Volker H W ^a   Antonovics, Janis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Host pathogen dynamics; Kuru; Prion disease; Social organization; Spongiform encephalopathy; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CANNIBALISM; CONSPECIFIC; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRION DISEASE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CADAVER; CANNIBALISM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYNAMICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; KURU; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447306597     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.0449     Document Type: Review

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