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Pathogen avoidance

Pathogen avoidance (also parasite avoidance or pathogen disgust) refers to the theory that the disgust response, in humans, is an adaptive system that guides behavior to avoid infection caused by parasites such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, helminth worms, arthropods and social parasites. Pathogen avoidance is a psychological mechanism…

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Pathogen counter-adaptations

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Pathogen avoidance

Nodes59
Edges58
Triples50
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033898
Components1

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Pathogen avoidance

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related to Evolutionary significance · 9
Pathogen avoidance → Animalia, Compared, For, In, Pathogen, Pathogens, The, These, To
related to Political ideology · 6
Pathogen avoidance → Another, Multiple, Researchers, There, These, Tybur
related to Sexual behavior · 5
Pathogen avoidance → Additional, Individuals, Research, Sexual, This
related to Imperfections in pathogen detection · 3
Pathogen avoidance → Signaling, The, This
is a · 1
Pathogen avoidance → psychological mechanism associated with the behavioral immune system
related to Medical implications · 1
Pathogen avoidance → Hart
related to Non-human animal behaviors · 1
Pathogen avoidance → As

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avoidance pathogen behavior pathogens cues infection sexual disgust parasite parasites social system behaviors mechanisms response detection host mechanism contact evidence

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Pathogen avoidanceis apsychological mechanism associated with the behavioral immune system0.90text
virusesinstance ofis an adaptive system that guides behavior to avoid infection caused by parasites0.80text
bacteriainstance ofis an adaptive system that guides behavior to avoid infection caused by parasites0.80text
fungiinstance ofis an adaptive system that guides behavior to avoid infection caused by parasites0.80text
protozoainstance ofis an adaptive system that guides behavior to avoid infection caused by parasites0.80text
helminth wormsinstance ofis an adaptive system that guides behavior to avoid infection caused by parasites0.80text
arthropodsinstance ofis an adaptive system that guides behavior to avoid infection caused by parasites0.80text
social parasitesinstance ofis an adaptive system that guides behavior to avoid infection caused by parasites0.80text
the mouthinstance ofit must exploit regions of the body that serve as points of contact between current and future hosts0.80text
the skininstance ofit must exploit regions of the body that serve as points of contact between current and future hosts0.80text
the anusinstance ofit must exploit regions of the body that serve as points of contact between current and future hosts0.80text
the genitalsinstance ofit must exploit regions of the body that serve as points of contact between current and future hosts0.80text

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