Infectious disease and sickness behaviour: tumour progression affects interaction patterns and social network structure in wild Tasmanian devils

Overview of attention for article published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, December 2020

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Study Offers Hope for Tasmanian Devils, Once Thought Doomed by Infectious Cancer

Smart News, 14 Dec 2020

In the late 1990s, one affected devil infected an average of 3.5 others, but now each only infects about one

Megmenekülhet a kihalástól a tasmán ördög

Qubit, 11 Dec 2020

Korábban egész Ausztráliában elterjedt volt, vadon élő példányai azonban ma már kizárólag Tasmania szigetén élnek a Sarcophilus…

Contagious cancer may cause Tasmanian devils to become antisocial

New Scientist TV, 09 Dec 2020

Tasmanian devils infected with a transmissible jaw cancer become socially isolated and interact with others less as the tumour…

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