Brown spider monkeys (Ateles hybridus): A model for differentiating the role of social networks and physical contact on parasite transmission dynamics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1669, 2015, Pages

  Rimbach, Rebecca ^a,b   Bisanzio, Donal ^c   Galvis, Nelson ^b,d   Link, Andrés ^b,d   Di Fiore, Anthony ^b,e   Gillespie, Thomas R ^c,f  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Fundacion Proyecto Primates   (Colombia)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact networks; Fission Fusion social structure; Gastrointestinal parasites; Parasite transmission; Sociality

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIMATE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; ATELES BELZEBUTH HYBRIDUS; ATELES SP.; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ATELINAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ATELINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84927740169     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0110     Document Type: Article

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