使用灵长类动物的植物地理联系预测来优先考虑对人类寄生虫的查
Courtney S Werner1, Koray Kasan2, Julie K Geyer3
1Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
American journal of biological anthropology
|February 22, 2024
概括
非人类灵长类动物 (NHPs) 与人类共享寄生虫,构成新出现的传染病风险. 这项研究预测来自NHP的54种新的人类寄生虫,突出需要监测以减轻动物传染威胁的人类寄生虫.
科学领域:
- 动物传染病研究研究.
- 灵长类的寄生虫学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 新出现的传染病需要了解动物病的起源.
- 非人类灵长类动物 (NHPs) 是人类传染病的重要来源,原因是其遗传学和地理重叠.
- NHPs是各种各样的寄生虫的宿主,有些是特定物种的,有些则是一般性的.
研究的目的:
- 预测人类和NHP之间的未经记录的寄生虫共享.
- 为了识别未来潜在的动物传播疾病威胁.
- 为NHP多样化的地区的监测策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 使用了一种新的链接预测模型.
- 基于NHP和人类的遗传学距离和地理重叠的预测.
- 分析了六个高多样性NHP国家的数据.
主要成果:
- 在研究区域中,有12%的已记录的人类寄生虫与NHP共享.
- 该模型预测了可能感染人类的54种额外的寄生虫,以前没有报道过.
- 这些新发现的寄生虫表现出多样化的宿主泛性和家族遗传宽度.
结论:
- 人类越来越多地侵占NHP息地,这增加了动物传播的风险.
- 识别的寄生虫和风险因素为疾病监测提供了关键的见解.
- 突出显示了具有高动物性疾病风险的特定传染性生物和寄生虫类型.
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