Social structure and Escherichia coli sharing in a group-living wild primate, Verreaux’s sifaka

Epidemiological models often use information on host social contacts to predict the potential impact of infectious diseases on host populations and the efficiency of control measures. It can be difficult, howe...

Source: BMC Ecology - February 12, 2016 Category: Biology Authors: Andrea Springer, Alexander Mellmann, Claudia Fichtel and Peter M. Kappeler Source Type: research