Not all types of host contacts are equal when it comes to E. coli transmission

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 970-978

  Blyton, Michaela D J ^a,b   Banks, Sam C ^b,c   Peakall, Rod ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^b,c   Gordon, David M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c National Environmental Research Program Environmental Decisions Hub ANU Node   (Australia)

Author keywords

E. coli; Gastrointestinal pathogens; Networks; Social interactions; Transmission; Trichosurus cunninghami

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOGENS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; NETWORKS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TRANSMISSION; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS CUNNINGHAMI; WILD ANIMAL;

E. COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOGENS; NETWORKS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TRANSMISSION; TRICHOSURUS CUNNINGHAMI;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHOSURUS;

EID: 84903745244     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12300     Document Type: Article

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