OMID: Osmore Mobility and Infectious Disease
Tuberculosis is second only to COVID-19 as a worldwide cause of death by a single pathogen. The history of tuberculosis reflects amazing resiliency and involves a remarkable number of nonhuman hosts in its global spread. With funding from the National Science, our research team is investigating the origins of tuberculosis in South America through both genetic analysis to identify tuberculosis strains and bioegeochemical analysis to understand the role of mobility in the evolution and spread of tuberculosis.
Project Details
Partners: Museo Contisuyo
Research Team
Jane Buikstra, Arizona State University
Anne Stone, Arizona State University
Kelly Knudson, Arizona State University
Allisen Dahlstedt, Arizona State University
Sarah Hall, Arizona State University
Adele Crane, Arizona State University
Mario Apata Mamani, Arizona State University
Maxine McCarty, Arizona State University
Kelly Blevins, Durham University
C. Eduardo Amorim, California State University, Northridge
Funding
Funding for this project is from a National Science Foundation Senior Investigator Award entitled Osmore Mobility and Infectious Disease.
Outcomes
2024. “Ancient Human DNA from the Osmore River Valley, Peru: Demographics, Disease, and Adaptation” by Maxine McCarty, Adela Crane, Kelly Blevins, Allisen Dahlstedt, Kelly J. Knudson, Jane E. Buikstra, Flavio De Angelis, C. Eduardo Amorim, and Anne Stone. Paper presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropology, Los Angeles, California, March 20-23.
2024. “Tracking the Movement of Pinniped-Derived Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains along the Pre-Conquest Osmore Drainage Valley, Perú” by Kelly E. Blevins, Adele Crane, Maxine McCarty, Allisen Dahlstedt, Kelly J. Knudson, Jane E. Buikstra, and Anne C. Stone. Paper presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropology, Los Angeles, California, March 20-23.
2023. “Climate Change, Human Health, and Challenges to Resilience” by Gwen Robbins Schug, Jane Buikstra, Sharon DeWitte, Brenda Baker, Elizabeth Berger, Michele Buzon, Anne Davies Barrett, Lynn Goldstein, Anne Grauer, Sian Halcrow, Kelly J. Knudson, Clark Spencer Larsen, Debra Martin, Kenneth Nystrom, Megan Perry, Ana Luisa Santos, Charlotte Roberts, Vivien Standen, Christopher Stojanowski, Jorge Suby, Daniel Temple, Tiffiny Tung, Melandri Vlok, Dong Yu, and Sonia Zakrzewski. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(4): e2209472120.