TABLE 1.
Selected examples of host-pathogen studies that deposited and/or studied vouchered host specimens and microbiological samples in natural history collections
| Pathogen | Disease | Host(s) | Natural history collection(s) | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viruses | ||||
| Arenaviridae | ||||
| Guanarito virus | Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever | Rodents | American Museum of Natural History | 155 |
| Whitewater Arroyo virus | Hemorrhagic fever syndrome | Rodents | Natural Science Research Laboratory, Texas Tech University | 156, 157 |
| Coronaviridae | ||||
| Alpha- and betacoronaviruses | Pathogenicity unknown | Bats | Field Museum of Natural History | 43 |
| Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-related betacoronavirusa | Pathogenicity unknown | Bats (Neoromicia spp.) | Ditsong National Museum of Natural History | 42 |
| Flaviviridae | ||||
| Flavivirus spp. | Yellow fever | Various | American Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | 86, 87, 90, 158–163 |
| Filoviridae | ||||
| Ebolavirus | Ebola hemorrhagic fever | Vertebrates | Royal Museum of Central Africa and Museum of Southwestern Biology | 110 |
| Hantaviridae | ||||
| Laguna Negra virus | Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome | Rodents (Calomys laucha) | Field Museum of Natural History | 164 |
| Sin Nombre virus | Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome | Rodents | Museum of Southwestern Biology | 94, 165 |
| Anajatuba, Castelo dos Sonhos viruses | Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome | Rodents (Oligoryzomys spp.) | Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | 70, 96 |
| Luteoviridae | ||||
| Barley yellow dwarf virus | Barley yellow dwarf | Grasses | University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley, and Center for Plant Diversity, University of California, Davis | 166 |
| Poxviridae | ||||
| Monkeypox virus | Monkeypox | Squirrels | American Museum of Natural History | 167 |
| Monkeypox virus | Monkeypox | Small mammals | Field Museum of Natural History | 168 |
| Parasites | ||||
| Arthropods | ||||
| Trombiculidae | Scrub typhus (Rickettsia) | Rodents | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | 169 |
| Syringophilidae | Ectoparasitic infestation | Birds | Natural History Department of Sarisske Museum | 170 |
| Trichodectidae | Ectoparasitic infestation | Gopher (Cratogeomys spp.) | Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University | 171 |
| Ixodoidea | Multiple tick-borne diseases | Mammals | Field Museum of Natural History | 172, 173 |
| Helminths | ||||
| Rictulariidae | ||||
| Paucipectines hymanae | Endoparasitic infection | Shrew opossum | Field Museum of Natural History | 174 |
| Spiruridae | ||||
| Protospirura spp. | Endoparasitic infection | Rodents | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle | 175 |
| Philometridae | ||||
| Clavinema marina | Endoparasitic infection | English sole (Parophrys vetulus) | Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture | 108 |
| Metastrongylidae | ||||
| Skrjabingylus spp. | Leptomeningitis | Skunks | Angelo State Natural History Collection | 176 |
| Dactylogyridae | ||||
| Cichlidogyrus spp. | Ectoparasitic infection | Cichlid fish | Royal Museum of Central Africa | 104, 177 |
| Schistosomatidae | ||||
| Schistosoma spp. | Schistosomiasis | Gastropods | Natural History Museum, London | 178 |
| Prokaryotes | ||||
| Trypanosomatidae | ||||
| Trypanosoma lewisi | Chagas disease | Rodents (Rattus spp.) | Natural History Museum, London, Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge and Oxford University Museum of Natural History | 179 |
| Unicellular eukaryotes | ||||
| Plasmodiidae | ||||
| Plasmodium spp. | Malaria | Bats, primates, rodents | Field Museum of Natural History | 180–183 |
| Hepatocystis sp. | Malaria | Bats | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | 184 |
| Nycteria sp. | Malaria | Bats | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | 185 |
| Bacteria | ||||
| Leptospiraceae | ||||
| Leptospira spp. | Leptospirosis | Small mammals | Field Museum of Natural History | 186, 187 |
| Mycobacteriaceae | ||||
| Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Tuberculosis | Bison cf. antiquus | Carnegie Museum; University of Kansas Museum of Natural History | 188 |
| Yersiniaceae | ||||
| Yersinia pestis | Plague | Homo sapiens | State Collection for Anthropology and Palaeoanatomy | 189 |
| Yersinia pestis | Plague | Rodents | Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | 88 |
| Fungi | ||||
| Peronosporaceae | ||||
| Phytophthora infestans | Potato blight | Potato | Various herbaria | 190–192 |
| Pseudeurotiaceae | ||||
| Pseudogymnoascus destructans | White-nose syndrome | Myotis bechsteinii | National Museum of Natural History | 193 |
| Meripilaceae | ||||
| Rigidoporus microporus | White rot disease | Rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) | Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History & Botanical Museum, University of Helsinki | 194 |
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MERS, Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome.