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ReviewTrends in parasitology2017

Prediction and Prevention of Parasitic Diseases Using a Landscape Genomics Framework.

Philipp Schwabl, Martin S Llewellyn, Erin L Landguth, Björn Andersson, Uriel Kitron, Jaime A Costales, Sofía Ocaña, Mario J Grijalva

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Review in Trends in parasitology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Philipp SchwablInstitute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
Martin S LlewellynInstitute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. Electronic address: martin.llewellyn@glasgow.ac.uk.
Erin L LandguthDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT, 59812, USA.
Björn AnderssonDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Berzelius väg 35, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Uriel KitronDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jaime A CostalesCenter for Research on Health in Latin America, School of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
Sofía OcañaCenter for Research on Health in Latin America, School of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
Mario J GrijalvaCenter for Research on Health in Latin America, School of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador; Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.

Funding

Landscape genetics guide NTD interventions: Chagas disease in Ecuador and PeruR15AI105749 · NIAID · OHIO UNIVERSITY ATHENS · PI GRIJALVA, MARIO J · 2014 to 2014
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NIAID NIH HHS R15 AI105749
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Substantial heterogeneity exists in the dispersal, distribution and transmission of parasitic species. Understanding and predicting how such features are governed by the ecological variation of landscape they inhabit is the central goal of spatial epidemiology. Genetic data can further inform functional connectivity among parasite, host and vector populations in a landscape. Gene flow correlates with the spread of epidemiologically relevant phenotypes among parasite and vector populations (e.g., virulence, drug and pesticide resistance), as well as invasion and re-invasion risk where parasite transmission is absent due to current or past intervention measures. However, the formal integration of spatial and genetic data ('landscape genetics') is scarcely ever applied to parasites. Here, we discuss the specific challenges and practical prospects for the use of landscape genetics and genomics to understand the biology and control of parasitic disease and present a practical framework for doing so.

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GenomicsHost-Parasite InteractionsAnimalsHumansParasitic DiseasesPhenotype

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PMID27863902
PMCPMC5376512

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