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Centrality in primate-parasite networks reveals the potential for the transmission of emerging infectious diseases to humans

José M. GómezCharles L. NunnMiguel Verdú

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Primates0106 biological sciencesDatabases FactualEpidemiologyParasitic Diseases AnimalParasitismCommunicable Diseases EmergingModels Biological010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciences03 medical and health sciencesbiology.animalAnimalsHumansParasite hostingParasitesPrimate030304 developmental biologyPopulation Density0303 health sciencesMultidisciplinaryGeographyPhylogenetic treebiologyEcologyTransmission (medicine)Host (biology)BiodiversityBiological Sciences3. Good healthEcological networkEvolutionary biologyCommunicable Disease ControlMultivariate AnalysisEcological networksCentralityAlgorithms

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We thank Randi Griffin, Amy Pedersen, Rosa Menendez, Mark Lineham, and two anonymous reviewers for discussion and comments on a previous draft. This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science (J.M.G. and M.V.), by the Junta de Andalucia (J.M.G.), and by National Science Foundation Grants DEB-0211908 and EF-0723939/0904359 (C.L.N.).

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2013-04-22
10.1073/pnas.1220716110http://hdl.handle.net/10261/139881