Social Processes and Disease in Nonhuman Primates

Introduction to the Special Section

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ID19389922
AuthorsJohn P Capitanio (0000-0002-3680-1323, University of California, Davis, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume74
Issue6
Pages491-496
Publication date2012-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Primatology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0275-2565 • E-ISSN: 1098-2345
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajp.22018
PMID22539268
OpenAlexW1957831588
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

Most nonhuman primate species are remarkably social, but their social nature presents many challenges, including increased opportunities for pathogen transmission and development of disease (both physical and psychological). An interdisciplinary symposium was convened at the 2010 annual meeting of the A merican S ociety of P rimatologists on the topic of social processes and disease in nonhuman primates, and four articles from that session, as well as a fifth that was separately solicited, appear in this special section. The articles reflect a variety of disciplines and perspectives that highlight the many ways that social processes can impact disease processes (and vice versa) in this highly social taxon. This is an increasingly active area of research interest as a consequence of technological developments and the availability of long‐term field data. The continuing loss of primate habitat in the wild, climate change, and the need to manage high densities of primates in captivity, however, all add urgency to our need to better understand the bidirectional relationship between social factors and disease processes. Am. J. Primatol. 74:491–496, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc

Biology · Captivity · Disease · Evolutionary biology · Nonhuman primate · Primate · Computer Science · Medicine · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Psychology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Ecology

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