A5067453545- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research
- Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Malaria Research and Control
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
2017-2020
Robert Koch Institute
2017-2020
Max Planck Society
2017
Abstract Monitoring immune system activation of wild animals has garnered increasing interest within the field ecological immunology, leading to an urgent need for non-invasive biomarkers measuring these changes. Urinary neopterin, a marker cell-mediated response, is validated as immune-related biomarker in captive and laboratory animals. However, naturally host higher chronic pathogen loads. Therefore, detection quantification additional infections via neopterin might not be possible...
In mammals, the excretion of cortisol can provide energy towards restoring homeostasis and is a major component stress response. However, chronically elevated levels also have suppressive effects on immune function. As mounting an response energetically costly, sick individuals may conserve by exhibiting certain sickness behaviors, such as declining activity levels. Due to complex interplay between function endocrinological correlates received growing attention in medical community; but so...
Cross-sectional surveys of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) communities across sub-Saharan Africa show large geographical variation in malaria parasite (Plasmodium spp.) prevalence. The drivers leading to this apparent spatial heterogeneity may also be temporally dynamic but data on prevalence over time are missing for wild great apes. This study aims fill fundamental gap. Some 681 faecal samples were collected from 48 individuals a group habituated chimpanzees (Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire)...