Affiliation and disease risk: social networks mediate gut microbial transmission among rhesus macaques
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.03.009
Abstract: In social animals, affiliative behaviours bring many benefits, but also costs such as disease risk. The ways in which affiliation may affect the risk of infectious agent transmission remain unclear. Moreover, studies linking variation in… read more here.
Keywords: risk; transmission; social networks; rhesus macaques ... See more keywords
Microbial transmission from mother to child: improving infant intestinal microbiota development by identifying the obstacles
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DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2019.1680601
Abstract: Abstract Industrialisation has introduced several lifestyle changes and medical advancements but their impact on intestinal microbiota acquisition is often overlooked. Even though these consequential changes in the microbiota could contribute to the disease burden that… read more here.
Keywords: intestinal microbiota; microbiota; mother child; microbial transmission ... See more keywords