ReviewPLoS pathogens2011
Genetic assignment methods for gaining insight into the management of infectious disease by understanding pathogen, vector, and host movement.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Genetic variability and associations of Trakehner and other horse populations in Lithuania.Archives animal breeding · 2026Article
- Popfinder: A Highly Effective Artificial Neural Network Package for Genetic Population Assignment.Molecular ecology resources · 2025Article
- Can genetic assignment tests provide insight on the influence of captive egression on the epizootiology of chronic wasting disease?Evolutionary applications · 2020Article
- Global mtDNA genetic structure and hypothesized invasion history of a major pest of citrus,Ecology and evolution · 2018Article
- Infections on the move: how transient phases of host movement influence disease spread.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Review
- Genetic Evidence of Contemporary Dispersal of the Intermediate Snail Host of Schistosoma japonicum: Movement of an NTD Host Is Facilitated by Land Use and Landscape Connectivity.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- Simulating population genetics of pathogen vectors in changing landscapes: guidelines and application with Triatoma brasiliensis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2014Article
- The genetic structure of an invasive pest, the Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae).PloS one · 2014Article
- Approaches to genotyping individual miracidia of Schistosoma japonicum.Parasitology research · 2013Article
- Juxtaposition between host population structures: implications for disease transmission in a sympatric cervid community.Evolutionary applications · 2013Article
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Abstract
For many pathogens with environmental stages, or those carried by vectors or intermediate hosts, disease transmission is strongly influenced by pathogen, host, and vector movements across complex landscapes, and thus quantitative measures of movement rate and direction can reveal new opportunities for disease management and intervention. Genetic assignment methods are a set of powerful statistical approaches useful for establishing population membership of individuals. Recent theoretical improvements allow these techniques to be used to cost-effectively estimate the magnitude and direction of key movements in infectious disease systems, revealing important ecological and environmental features that facilitate or limit transmission. Here, we review the theory, statistical framework, and molecular markers that underlie assignment methods, and we critically examine recent applications of assignment tests in infectious disease epidemiology. Research directions that capitalize on use of the techniques are discussed, focusing on key parameters needing study for improved understanding of patterns of disease.
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