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ArticleNature communications2024

Far-East Asian Toxoplasma isolates share ancestry with North and South/Central American recombinant lineages.

Fumiaki Ihara, Hisako Kyan, Yasuhiro Takashima, Fumiko Ono, Kei Hayashi, Tomohide Matsuo, Makoto Igarashi, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Kenji Hikosaka, Hirokazu Sakamoto and 13 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Fumiaki IharaDepartment of Immunoparasitology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2453-7710
Hisako KyanOkinawa Prefectural Institute of Health and Environment, Uruma, Okinawa, 904-2241, Japan.
Yasuhiro TakashimaFaculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, 501-1112, Japan.
Fumiko OnoDepartment of Veterinary Associated Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Imabari, Ehime, 794-8555, Japan.
Kei HayashiLaboratory of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Okayama University of Science, Imabari, Ehime, 794-8555, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2088-5729
Tomohide MatsuoJoint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan.
Makoto IgarashiNational Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
Yoshifumi NishikawaNational Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
Kenji HikosakaDepartment of Infection and Host Defense, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-0856, Japan.
Hirokazu SakamotoDepartment of Infection and Host Defense, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-0856, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9368-105X
Shota NakamuraDepartment of Infection Metagenomics, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Daisuke MotookaDepartment of Infection Metagenomics, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
Kiyoshi YamauchiLaboratory of Wildlife Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan.
Madoka Ichikawa-SekiLaboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan.
Shinya FukumotoNational Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
Motoki SasakiLaboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
Hiromi IkadaiLaboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Aomori, 034-8628, Japan.
Kodai KusakisakoLaboratory of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Aomori, 034-8628, Japan.
Yuma OhariDivision of Risk Analysis and Management, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0020, Japan.
Ayako YoshidaLaboratory of Veterinary Parasitic Diseases, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, 889-2155, Japan.
Miwa SasaiDepartment of Immunoparasitology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6440-3958
Michael E GriggMolecular Parasitology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Masahiro YamamotoDepartment of Immunoparasitology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. myamamoto@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6821-2785

Funding

Toxoplasma Surface Antigens and ImmunityZIAAI001017 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI GRIGG, MICHAEL · 2009 to 2025
$9.9M
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP20fk0108137Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP223fa627002Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP23fk0108682MEXT | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) JPMJFR206DMEXT | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) JPMJMS2025MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 22K20614Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) 19H00970Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) 20B304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is a global protozoan pathogen. Clonal lineages predominate in Europe, North America, Africa, and China, whereas highly recombinant parasites are endemic in South/Central America. Far East Asian T. gondii isolates are not included in current global population genetic structure analyses at WGS resolution. Here we report a genome-wide population study that compared eight Japanese and two Chinese isolates against representative worldwide T. gondii genomes using POPSICLE, a novel population structure analyzing software. Also included were 7 genomes resurrected from non-viable isolates by target enrichment sequencing. Visualization of the genome structure by POPSICLE shows a mixture of Chinese haplogroup (HG) 13 haploblocks introgressed within the genomes of Japanese HG2 and North American HG12. Furthermore, two ancestral lineages were identified in the Japanese strains; one lineage shares a common ancestor with HG11 found in both Japanese strains and North American HG12. The other ancestral lineage, found in T. gondii isolates from a small island in Japan, is admixed with genetically diversified South/Central American strains. Taken together, this study suggests multiple ancestral links between Far East Asian and American T. gondii strains and provides insight into the transmission history of this cosmopolitan organism.

Indexed as

Genome, ProtozoanPhylogenyToxoplasmaCentral AmericaChinaGenetic VariationHaplotypesHumansJapanNorth AmericaRecombination, GeneticToxoplasmosis

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PMID38778039
PMCPMC11111807

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