Mitogenomic exploration supports the historical hypothesis of anthropogenic diffusion of a zoonotic parasite Echinococcus multilocularis

• Published in: iScience
• Main Authors: Hayashi, Naoki, Nakao, Ryo, Ohari, Yuma, Irie, Takao, Kouguchi, Hirokazu, Chatanga, Elisha, Mohamed, Wessam Mohamed Ahmed, Moustafa, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed, Kinoshita, Gohta, Okamoto, Munehiro, Yagi, Kinpei, Nonaka, Nariaki
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: Article; Lawrence Island; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10507132/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37731622; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107741

Animal movement across regions owing to human activity can lead to the introduction of pathogens, resulting in disease epidemics with medical and socioeconomic significance. Here, we validated the hypothesis that human activity, such as the transportation of infected animals, has played a significan...