Informing primate health management: linking host behavior to disease transmission

这项研究的目的是促进更好地了解病原体在社会动物中的传播。研究病原体表达足够的遗传多样性，可以识别不同的菌株有助于跟踪传播特征，例如猿猴泡沫病毒（SFV）和E。杆菌然后将菌株遗传谱与个体社会谱联系起来：相互接触更频繁的个体应该比其他人拥有更多相似的菌株。这位研究员收集了PRI两组两种社会圈养猕猴的数据。早期的分析表明，年轻的猕猴似乎没有感染SFV之前达到2岁。在一个二分体的应变共享似乎与相似的年龄和梳理频率，表明水平或斜传播。

The aim of the research is to foster a better understanding of pathogen transmission in social animals. The study of pathogens expressing enough genetic diversity that different strains can be identified helps tracking transmission characteristics, e.g. simian foamy virus (SFV) and E. coli. Strain genetic profile is then linked to individual social profile: individuals more frequently in contact with each other should share more similar strains than others. The fellow collected data on two groups of two species of socially-housed captive macaques at the PRI. Early analyses show that young macaques seem not infected by SFV before reaching 2 yo. Strain sharing within a dyad seems related to similarity in age and to grooming frequency, indicating horizontal or oblique transmission.