Social buffering and contact transmission: network connections have beneficial and detrimental effects on Shigella infection risk among captive rhesus macaques
In social animals, group living may impact the risk of infectious disease acquisition in two ways. On the one hand, social connectedness puts individuals at greater risk or susceptibility for acquiring enteric pathogens via contact-mediated transmission. Yet conversely, in strongly bonded societies...
Main Authors: | Krishna Balasubramaniam, Brianne Beisner, Jessica Vandeleest, Edward Atwill, Brenda McCowan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2016-10-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/2630.pdf |
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