Infection and body odours: Evolutionary and medical perspectives

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1006-1009

  Prugnolle, Franck ^a   Lefèvre, Thierry ^a   Renaud, François ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b   Missé, Dorothée ^a   Thomas, Frédéric ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

Body odours; Chemical ecology; Infectious diseases; Modifications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FLORA; SKIN ODOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 67651115639     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.04.018     Document Type: Note

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