Predicting the vulnerability of great apes to disease: The role of superspreaders and their potential vaccination

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Carne, Charlotte ^a   Semple, Stuart ^a   Morrogh Bernard, Helen ^b,c   Zuberbühler, Klaus ^d,e   Lehmann, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALANGKA RAYA   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APE DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; ORANG UTAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO ABELII; SEX FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 84893579413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084642     Document Type: Article

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