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Mapping the social network: tracking lice in a wild primate (Microcebus rufus) population to infer social contacts and vector potential

BACKGROUND: Studies of host-parasite interactions have the potential to provide insights into the ecology of both organisms involved. We monitored the movement of sucking lice (Lemurpediculus verruculosus), parasites that require direct host-host contact to be transferred, in their host population o...

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Autores principales: Zohdy, Sarah, Kemp, Addison D, Durden, Lance A, Wright, Patricia C, Jernvall, Jukka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22449178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-12-4