Linking social and pathogen transmission networks using microbial genetics in giraffe (<i><scp>G</scp>iraffa camelopardalis</i>)

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Although network analysis has drawn considerable attention as a promising tool for disease ecology, empirical research has been hindered by limitations in detecting the occurrence of pathogen transmission (who transmitted to whom) within social networks. Using a novel approach, we utilize the genetics of a diverse microbe, Escherichia coli, to infer where direct or indirect transmission has occurred and use these...

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