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SUBMITTER: de Barra M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4076222 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Barra Mícheál M Islam M Sirajul MS Curtis Val V
PloS one 20140630 6
Disgust can be considered a psychological arm of the immune system that acts to prevent exposure to infectious agents. High disgust sensitivity is associated with greater behavioral avoidance of disease vectors and thus may reduce infection risk. A cross-sectional survey in rural Bangladesh provided no strong support for this hypothesis. In many species, the expression of pathogen- and predator-avoidance mechanisms is contingent on early life exposure to predators and pathogens. Using childhood ...[more]