Social network analysis of wild chimpanzees provides insights for predicting infectious disease risk

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 976-986

  Rushmore, Julie ^a   Caillaud, Damien ^b,c   Matamba, Leopold ^a   Stumpf, Rebecca M ^d   Borgatti, Stephen P ^e   Altizer, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Association patterns; Infectious disease dynamics; Pan troglodytes; Pathogen control; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PRIMATE; SOCIAL NETWORK; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WILD POPULATION;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION PATTERNS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE DYNAMICS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATHOGEN CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UGANDA; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ASSOCIATION PATTERNS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE DYNAMICS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATHOGEN CONTROL; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FEMALE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UGANDA;

EID: 84881546613     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12088     Document Type: Article

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