Mapping the social network: Tracking lice in a wild primate (Microcebus rufus) population to infer social contacts and vector potential

BMC Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zohdy, Sarah ^a,d   Kemp, Addison D ^a,d   Durden, Lance A ^b   Wright, Patricia C ^a,c,d   Jernvall, Jukka ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Centre ValBio   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Lice; Mouse lemur; Parasite; Primate; Social contact; Vector potential

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOUSE; PATHOGEN; PRIMATE; RODENT;

MADAGASCAR;

ANOPLURA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; LEMURPEDICULUS VERRUCULOSUS; MICROCEBUS RUFUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOPLURA; ARTICLE; CHEIROGALEIDAE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PEDICULOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANOPLURA; CHEIROGALEIDAE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84858713549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-12-4     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Barker S. Phylogeny and classification, origins, and evolution of host associations of lice. Int J Parasitol 1994, 24:1285-1291. 10.1016/0020-7519(94)90195-3, 7729981.
2. Poinar G. Parasites and pathogens of mites. Annu Rev Entomol 1998, 43:449-469. 10.1146/annurev.ento.43.1.449, 9444754.
3. Godfrey SS, Bull CM, James R, Murray K. Network structure and parasite transmission in a group living lizard, the gidgee skink, Egernia stokesi. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2009, 63:1045-1056.
4. Durden LA, Zohdy S, Laakkonen JT. Lice and ticks of the eastern rufous mouse lemur, Microcebus rufus, with descriptions of the male and third instar nymph of Lemurpediculus verruculosus (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). J Parasitol 2010, 96:874-878. 10.1645/GE-2512.1, 20950093.
5. Light JE, Smith VS, Allen JM, Durden LA, Reed DL. Evolutionary history of mammalian sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). BMC Evol Biol 2010, 10:292. 10.1186/1471-2148-10-292, 2949877, 20860811.
6. Balashov YS. Acari and insect parasitism on terrestrial vertebrates. NAUKA, St. Petersburg 2009, [In Russian, with English Introduction].
7. Harbison CW, Jacobsen MV, Clayton DH. Hitchhiker's guide to parasite transmission: phoretic behavior of feather lice. Int J Parasitol 2009, 39:569-575. 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.09.014, 19038259.
8. Desai R, Pannaraj J, Agopian CA, Sugar GY, Liu Miller LG. Survival and transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from fomites. Am J Infect Contr 2011, 39:219-225.
9. Durden LA, Lloyd JE. Lice (Phthiraptera). Medical and Veterinary Entomology 2009, 59-82. Amsterdam: Elsevier, Mullen GR, Durden LA, 2.
10. Hornok S, et al. Survey on blood-sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura) of ruminants and pigs with molecular detection of Anaplasma and Rickettsia spp. Vet Parasitol 2010, 174:355-358. 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.09.003, 20943320.
11. Roux V, Raoult D. Body lice as tools for diagnosis and surveillance of reemerging diseases. J Clin Microbiol 1999, 37:596-599. 84482, 9986818.
12. Atsalis SA. Diet and Feeding Ecology. The Natural History of the Brown Mouse Lemur 2008, 63-65. Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall, Sussman RW.
13. Blanco MB. Reproductive schedules of female brown mouse lemurs (Microcebus rufus) at Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. Int J Primatol 2008, 29:323-338.
14. Radespiel U, Cepok S, Zietemann V, Zimmermann E. Sex-specific usage patterns of sleeping-sites in grey mouse lemurs. Am J Primatol 1998, 46:77-84. 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)46:1<77::AID-AJP6>3.0.CO;2-S, 9730214.
15. Perret M. Environmental and social determinants of sexual function in the male lesser mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus). Folia Primatol 1992, 59:1-25. 10.1159/000156637, 1473776.
16. Durden LA. Sucking louse (Hoplopleura erratica: Insecta, Anoplura) exchange between individuals of a wild population of eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus, in central Tennessee, USA. J Zool 1983, 201:117-123.
17. Hughes VL, Randolph SE. Testosterone increases the transmission potential of tick-borne parasites. Parasitol 2001, 123:365-371.
18. Duffy DL, Bentley GE, Drazen DL, Ball GF. Effects of testosterone on cell- mediated and humoral immunity in non-breeding adult European starlings. Behav Ecol 2000, 11:654-662.
19. Folstad I, Karter AJ. Parasites, bright males, and the immunocompetence handicap. Amer Nat 1992, 139:603-622.
20. Grossman CJ. Interactions between the gonadal steroids and the immune system. Science 1985, 227:257-261. 10.1126/science.3871252, 3871252.
21. Grossman C. J: Are there underlying immune-neuroendocrine interactions responsible for immunological sexual dimorphism?. Progress in Neuro Endocrin Immunol 1990, 3:75-82.
22. Roberts ML, Buchanan KL, Evans MR. Testing the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis:a review of the evidence. Anim Behav 2004, 68:227-239.
23. Saino N, Møller AP. Secondary sexual characters, parasites and testosterone in the barn swallow, Hirundo rustica. Anim Behav 1994, 48:1325-1333.
24. Mougeot F, Irvine JR, Seivwright L, Redpath SM, Piertney S. Testosterone, immunocompetence, and honest sexual signaling in male red grouse. Behav Ecol 2004, 15:930-937.
25. Rothschild M, Ford B. Breeding of the rabbit flea (Spilopsyllus cuniculi) (Dale) controlled by the reproductive hormones of the host. Nature 1964, 201:103-104.
26. Uilenberg G, Hoogstraal H, Klein JM. Ticks (Ixodoidea) of Madagascar and their vector role. 1979, 153. Archives of the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar, Special Issue, [In French].
27. Beldomenico PM, Begon M. Disease spread, susceptibility and infection intensity: vicious circles?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2010, 25:21-27. 10.1016/j.tree.2009.06.015, 22459708.
28. Loot G, Thomas F, Blanchet S. 'Vicious circles' and disease spread: elements of discussion. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2010, 25:131. 10.1016/j.tree.2009.10.007, 22459708.
29. Temple SA. Do predators always capture substandard individuals disproportionately from prey populations?. Ecology 1987, 66:669-674.
30. Møller AP, Erritzøe J. Predation against birds with low immunocompetence. Oecologia 2000, 122:500-504.
31. Wright PC. Primate ecology, rainforest conservation and economic development: building a national park in Madagascar. Evol Anthropol 1992, 1:25-33.
32. Atsalis SA. Spatial distribution and population composition of the brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, and its implications for social organization. Am J Primatol 2000, 51:61-78.
33. Wright PC, Andriamihaja B. Making a rain forest park work in Madagascar: Ranomafana National Park and its long-term research commitment. Making parks work: Strategies for preserving tropical nature 2002, 112-136. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, Terborgh J, van Schaik C, Davenport L, Rao M.
34. Dammahan M, Kappeler PM. Social systems of Microcebus berthae the world's smallest primate. Int J Primatol 2005, 26:407-435.
35. King SJ, Boyer DM, Tecot S, Strait SG, Zohdy S, Blanco MB, Wright PC, Jernvall J. Lemur habitat and dental senescence in Ranomafana National Park. Am J Phys Anthropol 2012,