Morand Serge
CNRS ISEM,CIRAD ASTRE,Université de Montpellier,Montpellier,France.
Parasitology. 2018 Apr;145(5):537-542. doi: 10.1017/S0031182018000884.
DNA barcoding is now a common tool in parasitology and epidemiology, which require good methods for identification not only of parasites and pathogens but vectors and reservoirs. This special issue presents some advances and challenges in barcoding of microbes, parasites, and their vectors and reservoirs. DNA barcoding found new applications in disease ecology, conservation parasitology, environmental parasitology and in paleoparasitology. New technologies such as next-generation sequencing and matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight have made it now possible to investigate large samples of specimens. By allowing the investigation of parasites at the interface between environment, biodiversity, animal and human health, barcoding and biobanking have important policy outcomes as well as ethics and legal implications. The special issue 'Advances and challenges in the barcoding of parasites, vectors and reservoirs' illustrates some recent advances and proposes new avenues for research in barcoding in parasitology.
DNA条形码技术如今已成为寄生虫学和流行病学中的常用工具，这两个领域不仅需要良好的方法来鉴定寄生虫、病原体，还需要鉴定病媒和宿主。本期特刊介绍了微生物、寄生虫及其病媒和宿主条形码技术的一些进展与挑战。DNA条形码技术在疾病生态学、保护寄生虫学、环境寄生虫学和古寄生虫学中都有了新的应用。新一代测序和基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间等新技术使得现在能够对大量标本进行研究。通过对环境、生物多样性、动物和人类健康之间界面的寄生虫进行研究，条形码技术和生物样本库不仅具有重要的政策成果，还具有伦理和法律意义。“寄生虫、病媒和宿主条形码技术的进展与挑战”这期特刊阐述了一些最新进展，并提出了寄生虫学中条形码技术研究的新途径。
