Blood thicker than water: Kinship, disease prevalence and group size drive divergent patterns of infection risk in a social mammal

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1835, 2016, Pages

  Benton, Clare H ^a,b   Delahay, Richard J ^a   Robertson, Andrew ^a,b   McDonald, Robbie A ^b   Wilson, Alastair J ^b   Burke, Terry A ^c   Hodgson, Dave ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; European badger; Infection risk; Kin structure; Relatedness; Social structure

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROUP SIZE; INFECTIVITY; KINSHIP; MUSTELID; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TUBERCULOSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; TAXIDIINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84978962001     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0798     Document Type: Article

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