Epidemiological transitions in human evolution and the richness of viruses, helminths, and protozoa | Zendy

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Epidemiological transitions in human evolution and the richness of viruses, helminths, and protozoa

Author(s) -

Caroline R. Amoroso,

Charles L. Nunn

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

evolution medicine and public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 2050-6201

DOI - 10.1093/emph/eoab009

Subject(s) - helminths , protozoa , epidemiology , species richness , biology , zoology , environmental health , medicine , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology

In absolute terms, humans are extremely highly parasitized compared to other primates. This may reflect that humans are outliers in traits correlated with parasite richness: population density, geographic range area, and study effort. The high degree of parasitism could also reflect amplified disease risk associated with agriculture and urbanization. Alternatively, controlling for other variables, cultural and psychological adaptations could have reduced parasitism in humans over evolutionary time.

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