globalchange  > 气候减缓与适应
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12898
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85040765698
论文题名:
Contact networks structured by sex underpin sex-specific epidemiology of infection
作者: Silk M.J.; Weber N.L.; Steward L.C.; Hodgson D.J.; Boots M.; Croft D.P.; Delahay R.J.; McDonald R.A.
刊名: Ecology Letters
ISSN: 1461023X
EISSN: 1461-0248
出版年: 2018
卷: 21, 期:2
起始页码: 309
结束页码: 318
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Badger ; bovine tuberculosis ; epidemiology ; exponential random graph model ; multilayer network ; reproductive behaviour ; Social structure ; zoonotic disease
Scopus关键词: Animalia ; Bovinae ; Meles meles ; Mycobacterium bovis
英文摘要: Contact networks are fundamental to the transmission of infection and host sex often affects the acquisition and progression of infection. However, the epidemiological impacts of sex-related variation in animal contact networks have rarely been investigated. We test the hypothesis that sex-biases in infection are related to variation in multilayer contact networks structured by sex in a population of European badgers Meles meles naturally infected with Mycobacterium bovis. Our key results are that male-male and between-sex networks are structured at broader spatial scales than female-female networks and that in male-male and between-sex contact networks, but not female-female networks, there is a significant relationship between infection and contacts with individuals in other groups. These sex differences in social behaviour may underpin male-biased acquisition of infection and may result in males being responsible for more between-group transmission. This highlights the importance of sex-related variation in host behaviour when managing animal diseases. © 2017 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by CNRS and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/107496
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作者单位: Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom; Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom; Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 3040 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA, United States; Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom; National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodchester Park, Nympsfield, Stonehouse, United Kingdom

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Silk M.J.,Weber N.L.,Steward L.C.,et al. Contact networks structured by sex underpin sex-specific epidemiology of infection[J]. Ecology Letters,2018-01-01,21(2)
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