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DOI	10.1111/ele.12898
	Contact networks structured by sex underpin sex-specific epidemiology of infection
	Silk M.J.; Weber N.L.; Steward L.C.; Hodgson D.J.; Boots M.; Croft D.P.; Delahay R.J.; McDonald R.A.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	1461023X
卷号	21 期号:2
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.
英文关键词	Badger; bovine tuberculosis; epidemiology; exponential random graph model; multilayer network; reproductive behaviour; Social structure; zoonotic disease
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Animalia; Bovinae; Meles meles; Mycobacterium bovis; animal; bovine; bovine tuberculosis; female; isolation and purification; male; microbiology; Mustelidae; Mycobacterium bovis; sexual characteristics; social behavior; tuberculosis; Animals; Cattle; Female; Male; Mustelidae; Mycobacterium bovis; Sex Characteristics; Social Behavior; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Bovine
来源期刊	Ecology Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/121161
作者单位	Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, TR10 9FE, United Kingdom; Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, TR10 9FE, United Kingdom; Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 3040 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States; Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QG, United Kingdom; National Wildlife Management Centre, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Woodchester Park, Nympsfield, Stonehouse, GL10 3UJ, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Silk M.J.,Weber N.L.,Steward L.C.,et al. Contact networks structured by sex underpin sex-specific epidemiology of infection[J],2019,21(2).
APA	Silk M.J..,Weber N.L..,Steward L.C..,Hodgson D.J..,Boots M..,...&McDonald R.A..(2019).Contact networks structured by sex underpin sex-specific epidemiology of infection.Ecology Letters,21(2).
MLA	Silk M.J.,et al."Contact networks structured by sex underpin sex-specific epidemiology of infection".Ecology Letters 21.2(2019).