Pathogen prospecting of museums : Reconstructing malaria epidemiology

Malaria is a disease of global significance. Ongoing changes to the earth's climate, antimalarial resistance, insecticide resistance, and socioeconomic decline test the resilience of malaria prevention programs. Museum insect specimens present an untapped resource for studying vector-borne pathogens, spurring the question: Do historical mosquito collections contain Plasmodium DNA, and, if so, can museum specimens be used to reconstruct the historical epidemiology of malaria? In this Perspective, we explore molecular techniques practical to pathogen prospecting, which, more broadly, we define as the science of screening entomological museum specimens for human, animal, or plant pathogens. Historical DNA and pathogen prospecting provide a means of describing the coevolution of human, vector, and parasite, informing the development of insecticides, diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:121

Enthalten in:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 121(2024), 15 vom: 09. Apr., Seite e2310859121

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nelder, Mark P [VerfasserIn]
Schats, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Poinar, Hendrik N [VerfasserIn]
Cooke, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Brickley, Megan B [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-49-2
DNA
Evolution
Genomics
Insecticides
Journal Article
Museomics
Paleopathology
Vector-borne disease

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Date Completed 27.03.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1073/pnas.2310859121

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370167740