Chimpanzee Predation and the Ecology of Microbial Exchange
Hunting provides one mechanism for the transmission of microbes across host species boundaries. It has generally been assumed that this mechanism leads to unidirectional transmission to humans. We report that wild chimpanzees occasionally prey on human children. This result and other evidence of chi...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Microbial ecology in health and disease 2000, Vol.12 (3), p.186-188 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Hunting provides one mechanism for the transmission of microbes across host species boundaries. It has generally been assumed that this mechanism leads to unidirectional transmission to humans. We report that wild chimpanzees occasionally prey on human children. This result and other evidence of chimpanzee hunting show the need for consideration of more complex predation-mediated host networks. |
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ISSN: | 0891-060X 1651-2235 1651-2235 |
DOI: | 10.1080/089106000750051855 |