Impacts of Resettlement Programs on Deforestation of Moist Evergreen Afromontane Forests in Southwest Ethiopia by Kefelegn Getahun, Jean Poesen, Anton Van Rompaey

“…Severe land degradation and the consequent series of drought and famine episodes have caused major waves of human migration in Ethiopia over the past 5 decades. The main objective of this study was to assess the impacts of consecutive resettlement programs (spontaneous and planned) on the forests in southwest Ethiopia. …”
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Embracing uncertainty: rethinking migration policy through pastoralists’ experiences by Natasha Maru, Michele Nori, Ian Scoones, Greta Semplici, Anna Triandafyllidou

“…Using examples from human migration flows within and between Europe and Africa and insights from pastoral systems from India, Italy and Kenya, the article identifies important similarities between international migration and pastoral mobility. …”
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The Campanian Ignimbrite eruption: new data on volcanic ash dispersal and its potential impact on human evolution. by Kathryn E Fitzsimmons, Ulrich Hambach, Daniel Veres, Radu Iovita

“…Our discovery not only highlights the need to reassess models for the magnitude of the eruption and its role in climatic transition, but also suggests that it may have substantially influenced hominin population and subsistence dynamics in a region strategic for human migration into Europe.…”
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Population genetics of Schistosoma japonicum within the Philippines suggest high levels of transmission between humans and dogs. by James W Rudge, Hélène Carabin, Ernesto Balolong, Veronica Tallo, Jaya Shrivastava, Da-Bing Lu, María-Gloria Basáñez, Remigio Olveda, Stephen T McGarvey, Joanne P Webster

“…Furthermore, a regional approach to treatment programs is recommended where human migration is extensive.…”
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Plant Terpenoids as Hit Compounds against Trypanosomiasis by Raquel Durão, Cátia Ramalhete, Ana Margarida Madureira, Eduarda Mendes, Noélia Duarte

“…These diseases were circumscribed to South American and African countries in the past. However, human migration, military interventions, and climate changes have had an important effect on their worldwide propagation, particularly Chagas disease. …”
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Nexus of indeterminacy by Ho, Cecilia Siwai

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Spatial phylodynamics of HIV-1 epidemic emergence in east Africa. by Gray, R, Tatem, A, Lamers, S, Hou, W, Laeyendecker, O, Serwadda, D, Sewankambo, N, Gray, R, Wawer, M, Quinn, T, Goodenow, M, Salemi, M

“…We also used geographic information system data to investigate human migration trends, population growth, and human mobility. …”

The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals by Ehret, G, McCarthy, M, Ferreira, T, Farrall, M, Goel, A, Watkins, H, Groves, C, Rayner, N

“…Importantly, the 66 index SNPs combined in a risk score showed comparable effects in 64,421 individuals of non-European descent (South-Asian, East-Asian and African), confirming that these are ancestral physiological effects that arose prior to human migration out of Africa. The 66-SNP BP risk score was significantly associated with target-organ damage in multiple tissues, with minor effects in the kidney. …”

Impact of extractive industries on malaria prevalence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a population-based cross-sectional study by Cedar L. Mitchell, Mark M. Janko, Melchior K. Mwandagalirwa, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Jessie K. Edwards, Brian W. Pence, Jonathan J. Juliano, Michael Emch

“…While mining concessions alone may not drive the high prevalence, unobserved features of mining-exposed areas, such as human migration, changing vector populations, or parasite genetics, may instead be responsible.…”
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Proceedings from the CIH-LMU 2021 Symposium: “Global Health Perspectives: Climate Change & Migration” by Wandini Lutchmun, Aikins Ablorde, Han-Wen Chang, Guenter Froeschl, Equlinet Misganaw, Bhim Prasad Sapkota, Sarah Scholze, Josephine Singo, Lisa Hoffaeller

“…Abstract Climate change shapes human migration through the interaction of environmental changes with political, social, economic, and demographic drivers of mobility. …”
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Limited differentiation among Plasmodium vivax populations from the northwest and to the south Pacific Coast of Colombia: A malaria corridor? by M Andreína Pacheco, Kristan A Schneider, Nora Céspedes, Sócrates Herrera, Myriam Arévalo-Herrera, Ananias A Escalante

“…BACKGROUND:Malaria remains endemic in several countries of South America with low to moderate transmission intensity. Regional human migration through underserved endemic areas may be responsible for significant parasite dispersion making the disease resilient to interventions. …”
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Identification of geographically distributed sub-populations of <it>Leishmania </it>(<it>Leishmania</it>) <it>major </it>by microsatellite analysis by Schwenkenbecher Jan, Razakov Shavkat A, Kovalenko Dmitri A, Strelkova Margarita V, Schnur Lionel F, Wirth Thierry, Müller Michaela, Diezmann Stephanie, Al-Jawabreh Amer, Kuhls Katrin, Schönian Gabriele

“…Strains falling into the sub-populations CA and ME did mostly group according to their place of isolation although some anomalies were seen, probably, owing to human migration.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The model- and distance-based analyses of the microsatellite data exposed three main populations of <it>L. …”
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Culture creates genetic structure in the Caucasus: Autosomal, mitochondrial, and Y-chromosomal variation in Daghestan by Harpending Henry C, Bulayeva Kazima, Watkins W Scott, Marchani Elizabeth E, Jorde Lynn B

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Near the junction of three major continents, the Caucasus region has been an important thoroughfare for human migration. While the Caucasus Mountains have diverted human traffic to the few lowland regions that provide a gateway from north to south between the Caspian and Black Seas, highland populations have been isolated by their remote geographic location and their practice of patrilocal endogamy. …”
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On the Flow over High-rise Building for Wind Energy Harvesting: An Experimental Investigation of Wind Speed and Surface Pressure by Hassan Hemida, Anina Šarkić Glumac, Giulio Vita, Kristina Kostadinović Vranešević, Rüdiger Höffer

“…The human migration from rural to urban areas has triggered a chain reaction causing the spiking energy demand of cities worldwide. …”
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The Phylogeographic Diversity of EBV and Admixed Ancestry in the Americas–Another Model of Disrupted Human-Pathogen Co-Evolution by Alejandro H. Corvalán, Jenny Ruedlinger, Tomas de Mayo, Iva Polakovicova, Patricio Gonzalez-Hormazabal, Francisco Aguayo

“…In the Americas, both cosegregated variants are present in EBV carriers, which aligns with the history of Asian and European human migration to this continent. Furthermore, novel recombinant variants have been found, reflecting the genetic makeup of this continent. …”
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Mainstreams of horizontal gene exchange in enterobacteria: consideration of the outbreak of enterohemorrhagic E. coli O104:H4 in Germany in 2011. by Oliver Bezuidt, Rian Pierneef, Kingdom Mncube, Gipsi Lima-Mendez, Oleg N Reva

“…We hypothesized that TY-2482 may originate from a genetically primitive lineage of E. coli that has evolved in confined geographical areas and brought by human migration or cattle trade onto an intersection of several independent streams of horizontal gene exchange. …”
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Geographic characteristics of HTLV-1 molecular subgroups and genetic substitutions in East Asia: Insights from complete genome sequencing of HTLV-1 strains isolated in Taiwan and J... by Satoshi Nozuma, Akiko Yoshimura, Shun-Chung Pai, Hung-Jen Chen, Eiji Matsuura, Masakazu Tanaka, Daisuke Kodama, Mika Dozono, Toshio Matsuzaki, Hiroshi Takashima, Ya-Chien Yang, Ryuji Kubota

“…In this study, we determined the complete genome sequences of HTLV-1 strains isolated from Taiwan and Japan and investigated the geographic characteristics of molecular subgroups and substitution mutations to understand the spread of HTLV-1 and its correlation with human migration.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>The complete genome sequences of 26 HTLV-1 isolates from Taiwan were determined using next-generation sequencing and were compared with those of 211 isolates from Japan in terms of subgroup and genetic mutations. …”
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Frailty in Older Adults and Internal and Forced Migration in Urban Neighborhood Contexts in Colombia by Herney Rengifo-Reina, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez, Nancy López-Olmedo, Brisa N. Sánchez, Ana V. Diez Roux

“…Objective: We investigated the association between the density of internal human migration, in the urban neighborhood, on frailty in the older adult population in Colombia.Methods: The data used in this study are from four Colombian population surveys. …”
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Impact of agricultural management on salts accumulation in dryland soils of central Tunisia by Andrea Salvucci, Dominique Serrani, Alberto Agnelli, Valeria Cardelli, Lorenzo Camponi, Giuseppe Corti, Stefania Cocco

“…However, especially in the last decades, because of the increasingly warmer climatic conditions and human migration toward favorable environments, a progressive abandonment and degradation of drylands has occurred. …”
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Tracing the origins and signatures of selection of antifolate resistance in island populations of <it>Plasmodium falciparum</it> by Pinto João, Cravo Pedro, do Rosário Virgílio E, Galvão André, Teófilo Vânia, Ferreira Conceição, Vicente José L, Salgueiro Patrícia

“…It also highlights the importance of human migration in the spread of drug resistant malaria parasites, as the distance between the islands and mainland is not consistent with mosquito-mediated parasite dispersal.…”
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