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The influence of vector-borne disease on human history: socio-ecological mechanisms.
Athni, Tejas S; Shocket, Marta S; Couper, Lisa I; Nova, Nicole; Caldwell, Iain R; Caldwell, Jamie M; Childress, Jasmine N; Childs, Marissa L; De Leo, Giulio A; Kirk, Devin G; MacDonald, Andrew J; Olivarius, Kathryn; Pickel, David G; Roberts, Steven O; Winokur, Olivia C; Young, Hillary S; Cheng, Julian; Grant, Elizabeth A; Kurzner, Patrick M; Kyaw, Saw; Lin, Bradford J; Lopez, Ricardo C; Massihpour, Diba S; Olsen, Erica C; Roache, Maggie; Ruiz, Angie; Schultz, Emily A; Shafat, Muskan; Spencer, Rebecca L; Bharti, Nita; Mordecai, Erin A.
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  • Athni TS; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Shocket MS; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Couper LI; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • Nova N; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Caldwell IR; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Caldwell JM; ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
  • Childress JN; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Childs ML; Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  • De Leo GA; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
  • Kirk DG; Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • MacDonald AJ; Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.
  • Olivarius K; Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Pickel DG; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Roberts SO; Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Winokur OC; Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
  • Young HS; Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
  • Cheng J; Department of History, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Grant EA; Department of Classics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Kurzner PM; Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Kyaw S; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
  • Lin BJ; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
  • Lopez RC; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Massihpour DS; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Olsen EC; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Roache M; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Ruiz A; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Schultz EA; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Shafat M; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Spencer RL; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Bharti N; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
  • Mordecai EA; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Ecol Lett ; 24(4): 829-846, 2021 Apr.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33501751
ABSTRACT
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are embedded within complex socio-ecological systems. While research has traditionally focused on the direct effects of VBDs on human morbidity and mortality, it is increasingly clear that their impacts are much more pervasive. VBDs are dynamically linked to feedbacks between environmental conditions, vector ecology, disease burden, and societal responses that drive transmission. As a result, VBDs have had profound influence on human history. Mechanisms include (1) killing or debilitating large numbers of people, with demographic and population-level impacts; (2) differentially affecting populations based on prior history of disease exposure, immunity, and resistance; (3) being weaponised to promote or justify hierarchies of power, colonialism, racism, classism and sexism; (4) catalysing changes in ideas, institutions, infrastructure, technologies and social practices in efforts to control disease outbreaks; and (5) changing human relationships with the land and environment. We use historical and archaeological evidence interpreted through an ecological lens to illustrate how VBDs have shaped society and culture, focusing on case studies from four pertinent VBDs plague, malaria, yellow fever and trypanosomiasis. By comparing across diseases, time periods and geographies, we highlight the enormous scope and variety of mechanisms by which VBDs have influenced human history.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Vector Borne Diseases / Malaria Aspects: Determinantes_sociais_saude Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Ecol Lett Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country:
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