Landscape genetics reveals focal transmission of a human macroparasite.

• Main Authors: Charles D Criscione (Author), Joel D Anderson (Author), Dan Sudimack (Author), Janardan Subedi (Author), Ram P Upadhayay (Author), Bharat Jha (Author), Kimberly D Williams (Author), Sarah Williams-Blangero (Author), Timothy J C Anderson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Macroparasite infections (e.g., helminths) remain a major human health concern. However, assessing transmission dynamics is problematic because the direct observation of macroparasite dispersal among hosts is not possible. We used a novel landscape genetics approach to examine transmission of the hu...