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ArticleScientific reports2024

An automated, high-resolution phenotypic assay for adult Brugia malayi and microfilaria.

Upender Kalwa, Yunsoo Park, Michael J Kimber, Santosh Pandey

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Upender Kalwa *Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
Yunsoo Park *Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
Michael J KimberDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
Santosh PandeyDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. pandey@iastate.edu.

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture 2020-67021-31964National Science Foundation NSF IDBR-1556370
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Abstract

Brugia malayi are thread-like parasitic worms and one of the etiological agents of Lymphatic filariasis (LF). Existing anthelmintic drugs to treat LF are effective in reducing the larval microfilaria (mf) counts in human bloodstream but are less effective on adult parasites. To test potential drug candidates, we report a multi-parameter phenotypic assay based on tracking the motility of adult B. malayi and mf in vitro. For adult B. malayi, motility is characterized by the centroid velocity, path curvature, angular velocity, eccentricity, extent, and Euler Number. These parameters are evaluated in experiments with three anthelmintic drugs. For B. malayi mf, motility is extracted from the evolving body skeleton to yield positional data and bending angles at 74 key point. We achieved high-fidelity tracking of complex worm postures (self-occlusions, omega turns, body bending, and reversals) while providing a visual representation of pose estimates and behavioral attributes in both space and time scales.

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Brugia malayiMicrofilariaeAnimalsAnthelminticsElephantiasis, FilarialHumansPhenotypeAnthelmintics

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PMCPMC11161659

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