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Diversity and History as Drivers of Helminth Systematics and Biology

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Helminth Infections and their Impact on Global Public Health

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Over the years, we have come to recognize that evolution is a dynamic process and a fundamental organizing principle for exploring diversity and the biosphere. Basic knowledge of systematics and phylogenetics within an evolutionary context is essential for gaining a flexible understanding of contemporary parasite diversity and developmental pathways and how these are influenced by environmental perturbation and anthropogenic forcing. Further, an appreciation for historical processes as determinants of modern day geographic patterns and host associations is needed to explore the outcomes of environmental perturbation on parasite evolution. Collectively, these data lead to better predictive capacity for future changes in the distribution patterns and roles that parasites play in animal and human health. In this chapter we highlight how insights from the past and knowledge of current parasite assemblages expose the impacts that accelerated climate warming, habitat perturbation, erosion of biodiversity, and changes in host adaptation have had on the ebb and flow of zoonotic infectious diseases. We further look at how molecular and biochemical studies have advanced systematics, taxonomic stability, and diagnostic capability and are guiding future progress toward understanding parasites, parasitism, and their relationships to global public health.

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  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3T 2N2

    Jillian T. Detwiler

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Zarlenga, D.S., Hoberg, E.P., Detwiler, J.T. (2014). Diversity and History as Drivers of Helminth Systematics and Biology. In: Bruschi, F. (eds) Helminth Infections and their Impact on Global Public Health. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1782-8_1

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