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Sickness behavior

Sickness behavior is a coordinated set of adaptive behavioral changes that develop in ill individuals during the course of an infection. They usually, but not always, accompany fever and aid survival. Such illness responses include lethargy, depression, anxiety, malaise, loss of appetite, sleepiness, hyperalgesia, reduction in grooming and failure to…

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Sickness behavior

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples48
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
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Sickness behavior

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related to history · 14
Sickness behavior → According, Benjamin, English, Eyam, Further, Gram-negative, Hart, However, In, Initially, Kin, Shakhar, Sick, These
related to Immune control · 8
Sickness behavior → Acute, IL-1, IL-6, Lipopolysaccharides, Peripheral, These, They, TNF
related to Specific advantages · 6
Sickness behavior → Anorexia, Iron, Lowered, Plasma, Reduced, The
related to Depression · 5
Sickness behavior → High, Inflammation-associated, It, Moreover, The
related to Inclusive fitness advantages · 5
Sickness behavior → According, All, By, Eyam, Reducing
related to Social advantage · 3
Sickness behavior → Convincing, High, Humans
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Sickness behavior → coordinated set of adaptive behavioral changes that develop in ill individuals during the course of an infection, motivational state that reorganizes the organism's priorities to cope with infectious pathogens
related to Behavioral conditioning · 2
Sickness behavior → For, The
related to General advantage · 2
Sickness behavior → Sickness, This
related to Cancer side effect · 1
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Sickness behavioris acoordinated set of adaptive behavioral changes that develop in ill individuals during the course of an infection0.90text
Sickness behavioris amotivational state that reorganizes the organism's priorities to cope with infectious pathogens0.90text
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Sickness behaviorrelated to Cancer side effectIn0.60section
Sickness behaviorrelated to DepressionIt0.60section
Sickness behaviorrelated to DepressionMoreover0.60section
Sickness behaviorrelated to DepressionHigh0.60section
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Sickness behaviorrelated to DepressionInflammation-associated0.60section
Sickness behaviorrelated to General advantageSickness0.60section
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