Sickness behaviour: Causes and effects

M. Viljoen

doi:10.4102/safp.v45i9.1880

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Sickness behaviour: Causes and effects

M. Viljoen

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M. Viljoen, University of Pretoria, South Africa

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Abstract

This paper discusses sickness behavior as a central motivational state. It deals with the adaptational value and underlying mechanisms of sickness behavior and with the consequences of the body's failure to terminate the activity of the symptoms-producing cytokines .

Keywords

Sickness behaviour; infection; behavioural changes

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