Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2011 Aug;1230:74-107. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06133.x.
The following series of concise summaries addresses the evolution of infectious agents in relation to sex in animals and humans from the perspective of three specific questions: (1) what have we learned about the likely origin and phylogeny, up to the establishment of the infectious agent in the genital econiche, including the relative frequency of its sexual transmission; (2) what further research is needed to provide additional knowledge on some of these evolutionary aspects; and (3) what evolutionary considerations might aid in providing novel approaches to the more practical clinical and public health issues facing us currently and in the future?
以下是一系列简明扼要的总结,从三个具体问题的角度探讨了动物和人类的性传播感染病原体的进化:(1)我们从可能的起源和系统发生学角度了解到了什么,直到感染病原体在生殖生态位中的建立,包括其性传播的相对频率;(2)需要进一步研究来提供关于这些进化方面的更多知识;(3)哪些进化方面的考虑因素可能有助于为我们当前和未来面临的更实际的临床和公共卫生问题提供新的方法?