Analysis of a summary network of co-infection in humans reveals that parasites interact most via shared resources

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1782, 2014, Pages

  Griffiths, Emily C ^a,b   Pedersen, Amy B ^c   Fenton, Andy ^d   Petchey, Owen L ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Degree distribution; Ecological network; Indirect interactions; Modularity; Parasite ecology; Polymicrobial infection

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; PER1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

BACTERIUM; FUNGUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIVITY; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VIRUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; DRIVE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LEARNING; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NESTING; NOVELTY; PHYSIOLOGY; REARING; ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION; VOCALIZATION;

COURTSHIP; NEST BUILDING; NOVELTY; REARING; ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; GENETICS; INSTINCT; LEARNING; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MICE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PHYSIOLOGY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84896822468     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2286     Document Type: Article

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