Experimentally induced change in infectious period affects transmission dynamics in a social group

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1606, 2007, Pages 61-65

  Naug, Dhruba ^a   Smith, Brian ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Honeybees; Infectious period; Information transfer; Social networks; Social transmission; Trophallaxis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; HONEYBEE; INDUCED RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL HOUSING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; TROPHALLAXIS;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HONEYBEE; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; BEE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMALS; BEES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MICROSPHERES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 39049186400     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3695     Document Type: Article

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