Evolutionary Medicine

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 24.05.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction and Rationale
  2. Content Objectives
  3. Culture Significance
  4. Teaching Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. Appendix on Implementing State and Navajo Standards
  7. Navajo Nation Standards
  8. Bibliography 
  9. Endnotes

Evolutionary Medicine: Pathogen (COVID-19, Influenza) and the Navajo People

Jolene Rose Smith

Published September 2024

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Bibliography 

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Evolution of influenza virus genes. (1985). Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040352

Henneberg, M., & Rühli, F. (2020). Covid-19 and evolutionary medicine. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 2020(1), 145–147. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoaa018

Home. Navajo Epidemiology Center. (n.d.). https://nec.navajo-nsn.gov/

Johnson, N. A. (2022). Darwin’s reach: 21st century applications of Evolutionary Biology. CRC Press.

Jackson, T., & Basher, S. (2021). Pandemic. Kingfisher, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Books.

Kim, H., Webster, R. G., & Webby, R. J. (2018). Influenza virus: Dealing with a drifting and shifting pathogen. Viral Immunology, 31(2), 174–183. https://doi.org/10.1089/vim.2017.0141

Kumar, A., Gupta, P. K., & Srivastava, A. (2020). A review of modern technologies for tackling COVID-19 pandemic. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews, 14(4), 569–573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2020.05.008

Mason, R. J. (2020). Thoughts on the alveolar phase of COVID-19. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 319(1). https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00126.2020

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Natterson-Horowitz, B., Aktipis, A., Fox, M., Gluckman, P. D., Low, F. M., Mace, R., Read, A., Turner, P. E., & Blumstein, D. T. (2023). The Future of Evolutionary Medicine: Sparking Innovation in Biomedicine and Public Health. Frontiers in Science, 1. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsci.2023.997136

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Nunn, C. L. (2023). Covid-19 and evolution, medicine, and public health. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 11(1), 42–44. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoad002 Sawicka, B., Aslan, I., Della Corte, V., Periasamy, A., Krishnamurthy, S. K., Mohammed, A., Tolba Said, M. M., Saravanan, P., Del Gaudio, G., Adom, D., Sawicki, B., Nevola, G., Hanchate, D. B., & Umachandran, K. (2022). The coronavirus global pandemic and its impacts on society. Coronavirus Drug Discovery, 267–311. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-85156-5.00037-7

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