Genetics: A New Landscape for Medical Geography

摘要: The emergence and reemergence of human pathogens resistant to medical treatment will present a challenge the international public health community in coming decades. Geography is uniquely positioned examine progressive evolution across space through time link molecular change interactions between population environmental drivers. Landscape as an organizing principle for integration natural cultural forces has long history geography and, more specifically, geography. Here, we explore role landscape geography, emergent field genetics, great potential that exists combination these two disciplines. We argue genetics can enhance geographic studies local-level disease environments with quantitative tests how human–environment influence pathogenic characteristics. In turn, such analyses expand theories diffusion scal...