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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2020

Efficient Transmission of Mixed Plasmodium falciparum/vivax Infections From Humans to Mosquitoes.

Sujata Balasubramanian, Rifat S Rahman, Chanthap Lon, Christian Parobek, Ratawan Ubalee, Nicholas Hathaway, Worachet Kuntawunginn, Mok My, Dav Vy, Jeremy Saxe and 7 more

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sujata BalasubramanianInstitute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Rifat S RahmanInstitute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Chanthap LonArmed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Christian ParobekInstitute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Ratawan UbaleeDepartment of Entomology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nicholas HathawayDepartment of Bioinformatics and Integrated Biology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester.
Worachet KuntawunginnDepartment of Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Mok MyRoyal Cambodian Armed Forces, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Dav VyRoyal Cambodian Armed Forces, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Jeremy SaxeDepartment of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Charlotte LanteriDepartment of Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Feng-Chang LinDepartment of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Michele SpringDepartment of Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Steven R MeshnickDepartment of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Jonathan J JulianoInstitute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
David L SaundersDepartment of Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
Jessica T LinInstitute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USArmed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science · THUnited States Army Medical Research and Development Command · US

Funding

Determinants of malaria transmission by submicroscopic gametocytemiaR01AI137395 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LIN, JESSICA · 2018 to 2022
$3.3M
Genetic determinants of Plasmodium vivax relapseK08AI110651 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LIN, JESSICA · 2014 to 2018
$869k
NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI110651NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI137395
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn Southeast Asia, people are often coinfected with different species of malaria (Plasmodium falciparum [Pf] and Plasmodium vivax [Pv]) as well as with multiple clones of the same species. Whether particular species or clones within mixed infections are more readily transmitted to mosquitoes remains unknown.

methodsLaboratory-reared Anopheles dirus were fed on blood from 119 Pf-infected Cambodian adults, with 5950 dissected to evaluate for transmitted infection. Among 12 persons who infected mosquitoes, polymerase chain reaction and amplicon deep sequencing were used to track species and clone-specific transmission to mosquitoes.

resultsSeven of 12 persons that infected mosquitoes harbored mixed Pf/Pv infection. Among these 7 persons, all transmitted Pv with 2 transmitting both Pf and Pv, leading to Pf/Pv coinfection in 21% of infected mosquitoes. Up to 4 clones of each species were detected within persons. Shifts in clone frequency were detected during transmission. However, in general, all parasite clones in humans were transmitted to mosquitoes, with individual mosquitoes frequently carrying multiple transmitted clones.

conclusionsMalaria diversity in human hosts was maintained in the parasite populations recovered from mosquitoes fed on their blood. However, in persons with mixed Pf/Pv malaria, Pv appears to be transmitted more readily, in association with more prevalent patent gametocytemia.

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AdultAnimalsAnophelesCohort StudiesFemaleHaplotypesHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMalaria, FalciparumMalaria, VivaxMosquito VectorsPlasmodium falciparumPlasmodium vivaxPolymerase Chain ReactionAnopheles dirusdeep sequencinggametocytemalaria transmissionPlasmodium vivax

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PMID31549156
PMCPMC7184918
OpenAlexW2976805746

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