Social contact and grooming predicts infection status with whipworm (Trichuris sp.) in wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
B. Wren, I. S. Ray, M. Remis, T. R. Gillespie, J. Camp
The paper examines if social grooming in vervet monkeys predicts Trichuris sp. infection, finding that infected individuals groom less and direct contact time predicts infection status.
bioRxiv · Oct 7, 2020Ecology