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Kim HJ, Han B, Lee HI, Ju JW, Shin HI. Current Status of Trypanosoma grosi and Babesia microti in Small Mammals in the Republic of Korea. Animals (Basel) 2024; 14:989. [PMID: 38612228 PMCID: PMC11010837 DOI: 10.3390/ani14070989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Small mammals, such as rodents and shrews, are natural reservoir hosts of zoonotic diseases, including parasitic protozoa. To assess the risk of rodent-borne parasitic protozoa in the Republic of Korea (ROK), this study investigated the status of parasitic protozoa, namely Trypanosoma, Babesia, and Theileria, in small mammals. In total, 331 blood samples from small mammals were analyzed for parasites using PCR and sequenced. Samples were positive for Trypanosoma grosi (23.9%; n = 79) and Babesia microti (10%; n = 33) but not Theileria. Small mammals from Seogwipo-si showed the highest infection rate of T. grosi (48.4%), while the highest B. microti infection rate was observed in those from Gangneung-si (25.6%). Sequence data revealed T. grosi to be of the AKHA strain. Phylogenetic analysis of B. microti revealed the US and Kobe genotypes. B. microti US-type-infected small mammals were detected throughout the country, but the Kobe type was only detected in Seogwipo-si. To our knowledge, this is the first nationwide survey that confirmed T. grosi and B. microti infections at the species level in small mammals in the ROK and identified the Kobe type of B. microti. These results provide valuable information for further molecular epidemiological studies on these parasites.
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- Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, 187 Osongsaenmyeong 2-ro, Osong-eup, Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju 28159, Republic of Korea; (H.J.K.); (B.H.); (H.-I.L.); (J.-W.J.)
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Sallinen S, Susi H, Halliday F, Laine AL. Altered within- and between-host transmission under coinfection underpin parasite co-occurrence patterns in the wild. Evol Ecol 2022; 37:131-151. [PMID: 36785621 PMCID: PMC9911512 DOI: 10.1007/s10682-022-10182-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Interactions among parasite species coinfecting the same host individual can have far reaching consequences for parasite ecology and evolution. How these within-host interactions affect epidemics may depend on two non-exclusive mechanisms: parasite growth and reproduction within hosts, and parasite transmission between hosts. Yet, how these two mechanisms operate under coinfection, and how sensitive they are to the composition of the coinfecting parasite community, remains poorly understood. Here, we test the hypothesis that the relationship between within- and between-host transmission of the fungal pathogen, Phomopsis subordinaria, is affected by co-occurring parasites infecting the host plant, Plantago lanceolata. We conducted a field experiment manipulating the parasite community of transmission source plants, then tracked P. subordinaria within-host transmission, as well as between-host transmission to naïve recipient plants. We find that coinfection with the powdery mildew pathogen, Podosphaera plantaginis, causes increased between-host transmission of P. subordinaria by affecting the number of infected flower stalks in the source plants, resulting from altered auto-infection. In contrast, coinfection with viruses did not have an effect on either within- or between-host transmission. We then analyzed data on the occurrence of P. subordinaria in 2018 and the powdery mildew in a multi-year survey data set from natural host populations to test whether the positive association predicted by our experimental results is evident in field epidemiological data. Consistent with our experimental findings, we observed a positive association in the occurrence of P. subordinaria and historical powdery mildew persistence. Jointly, our experimental and epidemiological results suggest that within- and between-host transmission of P. subordinaria depends on the identity of coinfecting parasites, with potentially far-reaching effects on disease dynamics and parasite co-occurrence patterns in wild populations. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10682-022-10182-9.
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- Suvi Sallinen
- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 1 (PO box 65), 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 1 (PO box 65), 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 1 (PO box 65), 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Awad H, Gadalla AAH, Postigo M, Al-Hamidhi S, Tageldin MH, Skariah S, Sultan AA, Johnson EH, Shiels B, Pain A, Thompson J, Babiker HA. Dynamics and within-host interaction of Theileria lestoquardi and T. ovis among naive sheep in Oman. Sci Rep 2020; 10:19802. [PMID: 33188233 PMCID: PMC7666211 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76844-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Mixed species infections of Theileria spp. are common in nature. Experimental and epidemiological data suggest that mixed species infections elicit cross-immunity that can modulate pathogenicity and disease burden at the population level. The present study examined within-host interactions, over a period of 13 months during natural infections with two Theileria spp., pathogenic (T. lestoquardi) and non-pathogenic (T. ovis), amongst a cohort of naive sheep in Oman. In the first two months after exposure to infection, a high rate of mortality was seen among sheep infected with T. lestoquardi alone. However, subsequently mixed-infections of T. lestoquardi and T. ovis prevailed, and no further death occurred. The overall densities of both parasite species were significantly higher as single infection vs mixed infection and the higher relative density of pathogenic T. lestoquardi indicated a competitive advantage over T. ovis in mixed infection. The density of both species fluctuated significantly over time, with no difference in density between the very hot (May to August) and warm season (September to April). A high degree of genotype multiplicity was seen among T. lestoquardi infections, which increased with rising parasite density. Our results illustrate a potential competitive interaction between the two ovine Theileria spp., and a substantial reduction in the risk of mortality in mixed parasite infections, indicating that T. ovis confers heterologous protection against lethal T. lestoquardi infection.
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- Hoyam Awad
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, AlKhoud 123, Muscat, Oman
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- Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Biomedical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, AlKhoud 123, Muscat, Oman
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
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- College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Agriculture and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Diversion, King Abdullah, University for Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.,GI-CoRE, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, AlKhoud 123, Muscat, Oman.
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Bose J, Kloesener MH, Schulte RD. Multiple-genotype infections and their complex effect on virulence. ZOOLOGY 2016; 119:339-49. [PMID: 27389395 DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2015] [Revised: 06/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Multiple infections are common. Although in recent years our understanding of multiple infections has increased significantly, it has also become clear that a diversity of aspects has to be considered to understand the interplay between co-infecting parasite genotypes of the same species and its implications for virulence and epidemiology, resulting in high complexity. Here, we review different interaction mechanisms described for multiple infections ranging from competition to cooperation. We also list factors influencing the interaction between co-infecting parasite genotypes and their influence on virulence. Finally, we emphasise the importance of between-host effects and their evolution for understanding multiple infections and their implications.
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- Joy Bose
- Department of Behavioral Biology, University of Osnabrueck, Barbarastr. 11, D-49076 Osnabrueck, Germany
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- Department of Behavioral Biology, University of Osnabrueck, Barbarastr. 11, D-49076 Osnabrueck, Germany
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- Department of Behavioral Biology, University of Osnabrueck, Barbarastr. 11, D-49076 Osnabrueck, Germany.
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Thompson C, Baravalle ME, Valentini B, Mangold A, Torioni de Echaide S, Ruybal P, Farber M, Echaide I. Typification of virulent and low virulence Babesia bigemina clones by 18S rRNA and rap-1c. Exp Parasitol 2014; 141:98-105. [PMID: 24681200 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2014.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Revised: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The population structure of original Babesia bigemina isolates and reference strains with a defined phenotypic profile was assessed using 18S rRNA and rap-1c genes. Two reference strains, BbiS2P-c (virulent) and BbiS1A-c (low virulence), were biologically cloned in vitro. The virulence profile of the strains and clones was assessed in vivo. One fully virulent and one low-virulence clone were mixed in identical proportions to evaluate their growth efficiency in vitro. Each clone was differentiated by two microsatellites and the gene gp45. The 18S rRNA and rap-1c genes sequences from B. bigemina biological clones and their parental strains, multiplied exclusively in vivo or in vitro, were compared with strain JG-29. The virulence of clones derived from the BbiS2P-c strain was variable. Virulent clone Bbi9P1 grew more efficiently in vitro than did the low-virulence clone Bbi2A1. The haplotypes generated by the nucleotide polymorphism, localized in the V4 region of the 18S rRNA, allowed the identification of three genotypes. The rap-1c haplotypes allowed defining four genotypes. Parental and original strains were defined by multiple haplotypes identified in both genes. The rap-1c gene, analyzed by high-resolution melting (HRM), allowed discrimination between two genotypes according to their phenotype, and both were different from JG-29. B. bigemina biological clones made it possible to define the population structure of isolates and strains. The polymorphic regions of the 18S rRNA and rap-1c genes allowed the identification of different subpopulations within original B. bigemina isolates by the definition of several haplotypes and the differentiation of fully virulent from low virulence clones.
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- C Thompson
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, Ruta 34 km 227, CC 22, CP 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, Ruta 34 km 227, CC 22, CP 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, Ruta 34 km 227, CC 22, CP 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, Ruta 34 km 227, CC 22, CP 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, Ruta 34 km 227, CC 22, CP 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias Castelar, Los Reseros y Las Cabañas, CP 1712 Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias Castelar, Los Reseros y Las Cabañas, CP 1712 Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela, Ruta 34 km 227, CC 22, CP 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Giraudeau M, Mousel M, Earl S, McGraw K. Parasites in the city: degree of urbanization predicts poxvirus and coccidian infections in house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus). PLoS One 2014; 9:e86747. [PMID: 24503816 PMCID: PMC3913573 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 12/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Urbanization can strongly impact the physiology, behavior, and fitness of animals. Conditions in cities may also promote the transmission and success of animal parasites and pathogens. However, to date, no studies have examined variation in the prevalence or severity of several distinct pathogens/parasites along a gradient of urbanization in animals or if these infections increase physiological stress in urban populations. Methodology/Principal Findings Here, we measured the prevalence and severity of infection with intestinal coccidians (Isospora sp.) and the canarypox virus (Avipoxvirus) along an urban-to-rural gradient in wild male house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus). In addition, we quantified an important stress indicator in animals (oxidative stress) and several axes of urbanization, including human population density and land-use patterns within a 1 km radius of each trapping site. Prevalence of poxvirus infection and severity of coccidial infection were significantly associated with the degree of urbanization, with an increase of infection in more urban areas. The degrees of infection by the two parasites were not correlated along the urban-rural gradient. Finally, levels of oxidative damage in plasma were not associated with infection or with urbanization metrics. Conclusion/Significance These results indicate that the physical presence of humans in cities and the associated altered urban landscape characteristics are associated with increased infections with both a virus and a gastrointestinal parasite in this common songbird resident of North American cities. Though we failed to find elevations in urban- or parasite/pathogen-mediated oxidative stress, humans may facilitate infections in these birds via bird feeders (i.e. horizontal disease transmission due to unsanitary surfaces and/or elevations in host population densities) and/or via elevations in other forms of physiological stress (e.g. corticosterone, nutritional).
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- Mathieu Giraudeau
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Babesia bovis biological clones and the inter-strain allelic diversity of the Bv80 gene support subpopulation selection as a mechanism involved in the attenuation of two virulent isolates. Vet Parasitol 2012; 190:391-400. [PMID: 22820058 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2011] [Revised: 05/27/2012] [Accepted: 06/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The virulence phenotype of Babesia bovis subpopulations was evaluated using biological clones derived from the high-virulence BboS2P and the low-virulence BboR1A strain and two original virulent isolates, BboL15 and BboL17, multiplied extensively in vitro or attenuated by successive passages in splenectomized calves. The virulence phenotype was assessed both by inoculation of normal Holstein adult steers and by analyses of polymorphic fragments of the single-copy Bv80 gene as a subpopulation marker. BboS2P and its nine derived clones contained a single 750 bp fragment with identical nucleotide sequences and numbers of repeats. A single fragment of approximately 850 bp was observed in BboR1A and its derived clones (Ca3B1, Ca2B1). Ca3B1 and Ca2B1 were differentiated by a stable deletion of 15 contiguous nucleotides in the Bv80 allele of Ca3B1. Both alleles were identified in the parental strain. Original isolates BboL15 and BboL17 contained two Bv80 fragments of different sizes. Interestingly, the heavy and light fragments persisted in the in vivo-attenuated strains and the virulent in vitro-multiplied strains, respectively. Despite the inter-strain allelic diversity of the Bv80 gene, the fragments had identical nucleotide sequences and numbers of repeats compared to their respective parental Bv80 genes. The high-virulence and low-virulence phenotypes remained unchanged after they were multiplied in vitro. In conclusion, the polymorphic B. bovis Bv80 gene, was a useful marker for differentiating subpopulations with different phenotypes. The brevity of the procedure to isolate one parasite from the original isolate or strain before in vitro cloning and the fact that the continuous in vitro multiplication did not modify the virulence phenotype of B. bovis clones strongly suggest that the in vivo-attenuated subpopulations existed in the original isolates before they were selected by passages in splenectomized calves.
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Choisy M, de Roode J. Mixed Infections and the Evolution of Virulence: Effects of Resource Competition, Parasite Plasticity, and Impaired Host Immunity. Am Nat 2010; 175:E105-18. [DOI: 10.1086/651587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Tindih HS, Marcotty T, Naessens J, Goddeeris BM, Geysen D. Demonstration of differences in virulence between two Theileria parva isolates. Vet Parasitol 2009; 168:223-30. [PMID: 20044208 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2009] [Revised: 11/02/2009] [Accepted: 11/09/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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In areas with a low incidence of infection due to unimodal presence of ticks, Theileria parva has been observed to induce a disease with relatively low pathology. This is followed by a carrier state, rather than death and therefore provides a better chance of transmission of the parasite back to the tick vector since in unimodal conditions, the different tick stages occur at different times. One isolate from such an area in Zambia, T. parva Chitongo, was compared for virulence with T. parva Muguga, isolated from an area exhibiting a continuous presence of all vector stages in East Africa. To reduce any variation due to infection dose, an in vitro standardized dose was used to initiate infection of groups of three local zebu cattle with each isolate. Parameters of virulence measured were prepatent period, fever, survival (based on ECF index), parasitosis, piroplasm parasitaemia and hematological parameters. Our results suggest that T. parva Chitongo developed a slightly later onset (1-2 days) and lower levels of parasitosis in the lymph node, causing less and later mortality. Comparison of the in vitro rate of transformation confirmed that the time needed to transform an infected lymphocyte took 4 days longer for T. parva Chitongo than T. parva Muguga. Elucidating the mechanism responsible for the lower virulence of T. parva Chitongo could be useful for designing an attenuated vaccine.
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- H S Tindih
- International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Fox JW, Rauch G. Partitioning the mechanisms by which genetic diversity of parasite infections affects total parasite load. OIKOS 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17547.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Beck HP, Blake D, Dardé ML, Felger I, Pedraza-Díaz S, Regidor-Cerrillo J, Gómez-Bautista M, Ortega-Mora LM, Putignani L, Shiels B, Tait A, Weir W. Molecular approaches to diversity of populations of apicomplexan parasites. Int J Parasitol 2009; 39:175-89. [PMID: 18983997 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2008] [Revised: 10/14/2008] [Accepted: 10/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Hans-Peter Beck
- Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse 57, CH 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
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Alizon S. Decreased overall virulence in coinfected hosts leads to the persistence of virulent parasites. Am Nat 2008; 172:E67-79. [PMID: 18582168 DOI: 10.1086/588077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Multiple infections are known to affect virulence evolution. Some studies even show that coinfections may decrease the overall virulence (the disease-induced mortality of a coinfected host). Yet, epidemiological studies tend to overlook the overall virulence, and within-host models tend to ignore epidemiological processes. Here, I develop an epidemiological model where overall virulence is an explicit function of the virulence of the coinfecting strains. I show that in most cases, a unique strain is evolutionarily stable (in accordance with the model I use here). However, when the overall virulence is lower than the virulence of each of the coinfecting strains (i.e., when coinfections decrease virulence), the evolutionary equilibrium may be invaded by highly virulent strains, leading to the coexistence of two strains on an evolutionary timescale. This model has theoretical and experimental implications: it underlines the importance of overall virulence and of epidemiological feedbacks on virulence evolution.
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- Samuel Alizon
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Jeffery Hall, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
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MARZAL A, BENSCH S, REVIRIEGO M, BALBONTIN J, DE LOPE F. Effects of malaria double infection in birds: one plus one is not two. J Evol Biol 2008; 21:979-87. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01545.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kurtz J, Hammerschmidt K. Resistance against heterogeneous sequential infections: experimental studies with a tapeworm and its copepod host. J Helminthol 2007; 80:199-206. [PMID: 16768863 DOI: 10.1079/joh2006349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Parasite heterogeneity is thought to be an important factor influencing the likelihood and the dynamics of infection. Previous studies have demonstrated that simultaneous exposure of hosts to a heterogeneous mixture of parasites might increase infection success. Here this view is extended towards the effect of parasite heterogeneity on subsequent infections. Using a system of the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus and its copepod intermediate host, heterogeneity of the tapeworm surface carbohydrates is investigated, i.e. structures that are potentially recognized by the invertebrate host's immune system. With lectin labelling, a significant proportion of variation in surface carbohydrates is related to differences in worm sibships (i.e. families). Tapeworm sibships were used for experimental exposure of copepods to either homogeneous combinations of tapeworm larvae, i.e. worms derived from the same sibship or heterogeneous mixtures of larvae, and copepods were subsequently challenged with an unrelated larva to study re-infection. Contrary to expectation, neither an effect of parasite heterogeneity on the current infection, nor on re-infection were found. The effect of parasitic heterogeneity on host immunity is therefore complex, potentially involving increased cross-protection on the one hand, with higher costs of raising a more heterogeneous immune response on the other.
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- J Kurtz
- Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute of Limnology, August-Thienemann-Str. 2, 24306 Plön, Germany.
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Manuja A, Malhotra DV, Sikka VK, Sangwan AK, Sharma R, Kumar B, Mehta BD, Gulati BR, Nichani AK. Isolates of Theileria annulata collected from different parts of India show phenotypic and genetic diversity. Vet Parasitol 2006; 137:242-52. [PMID: 16513283 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2005] [Revised: 12/22/2005] [Accepted: 01/10/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Phenotypic and genetic polymorphism was studied amongst four Theileria annulata isolates collected from three different parts of India. Amongst various markers studied for the comparison of growth characteristics of schizont cell lines established from these isolates, viability, non-viability counts and nitric oxide (NO) production showed significant variation. A negative correlation was observed between NO production and mRNA expression for TNF-alpha, a potent proinflammatory cytokine related to the pathogenesis of the disease. Phenotypic polymorphism was also revealed by T. annulata schizont-specific monoclonal antibodies (Mabs), viz. 1C7, 1E11, 2G2 and EU-106, which recognized variable number of cells in indirect fluorescent antibody and indirect immunoperoxidase tests, when tested against the four T. annulata isolates collected from India. Genetic polymorphism was recognized amongst the four isolates by restriction digestion analysis of Tams-1 gene PCR products. These observations revealed that the four isolates of T. annulata are different from each other and might be expressing different antigenic determinants on their cell surface.
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- A Manuja
- Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, Haryana, India.
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Saeij JPJ, Boyle JP, Boothroyd JC. Differences among the three major strains of Toxoplasma gondii and their specific interactions with the infected host. Trends Parasitol 2005; 21:476-81. [PMID: 16098810 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2005] [Revised: 06/30/2005] [Accepted: 08/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most successful protozoan parasites owing to its ability to manipulate the immune system and establish a chronic infection. There are many T. gondii strains but the majority identified in Europe and North America falls into three distinct clonal lineages. Many studies have investigated the ability of T. gondii to manipulate its host but few have examined directly whether the three lineages differ in this ability.
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- Jeroen P J Saeij
- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Fairchild Building D305, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5124, USA
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White MW, Jerome ME, Vaishnava S, Guerini M, Behnke M, Striepen B. Genetic rescue of a Toxoplasma gondii conditional cell cycle mutant. Mol Microbiol 2005; 55:1060-71. [PMID: 15686554 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04471.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Growth rate is a major pathogenesis factor in the parasite Toxoplasma gondii; however, how cell division is controlled in this protozoan is poorly understood. Herein, we show that centrosomal duplication is an indicator of S phase entry while centrosome migration marks mitotic entry. Using the pattern of centrosomal replication, we confirmed that mutant ts11C9 undergoes a bimodal cell cycle arrest that is characterized by two subpopulations containing either single or duplicated centrosomes which correlate with the bipartite genome distribution observed at the non-permissive temperature. Genetic rescue of ts11C9 was performed using a parental RH strain cDNA library, and the cDNA responsible for conferring temperature resistance (growth at 40 degrees C) was recovered by recombination cloning. A single T. gondii gene encoding the protein homologue of XPMC2 was responsible for genetic rescue of the temperature-sensitive defect in ts11C9 parasites. This protein is a known suppressor of mitotic defects, and in tachyzoites, TgXPMC2-YFP localized to the parasite nucleus and nucleolus which is consistent with the expected subcellular localization of critical mitotic factors. Altogether, these results demonstrate that ts11C9 is a conditional mitotic mutant containing a single defect which influences two distinct control points in the T. gondii tachyzoite cell cycle.
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- Michael W White
- Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3610, USA.
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Hughes WOH, Petersen KS, Ugelvig LV, Pedersen D, Thomsen L, Poulsen M, Boomsma JJ. Density-dependence and within-host competition in a semelparous parasite of leaf-cutting ants. BMC Evol Biol 2004; 4:45. [PMID: 15541185 PMCID: PMC535352 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-4-45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2004] [Accepted: 11/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Parasite heterogeneity and within-host competition are thought to be important factors influencing the dynamics of host-parasite relationships. Yet, while there have been many theoretical investigations of how these factors may act, empirical data is more limited. We investigated the effects of parasite density and heterogeneity on parasite virulence and fitness using four strains of the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae, and its leaf-cutting ant host Acromyrmex echinatior as the model system. Results The relationship between parasite density and infection was sigmoidal, with there being an invasion threshold for an infection to occur (an Allee effect). Although spore production was positively density-dependent, parasite fitness decreased with increasing parasite density, indicating within-host scramble competition. The dynamics differed little between the four strains tested. In mixed infections of three strains the infection-growth dynamics were unaffected by parasite heterogeneity. Conclusions The strength of within-host competition makes dispersal the best strategy for the parasite. Parasite heterogeneity may not have effected virulence or the infection dynamics either because the most virulent strain outcompeted the others, or because the interaction involved scramble competition that was impervious to parasite heterogeneity. The dynamics observed may be common for virulent parasites, such as Metarhizium, that produce aggregated transmission stages. Such parasites make useful models for investigating infection dynamics and the impact of parasite competition.
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- William OH Hughes
- Department of Population Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- School of Biological Sciences, A12, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia
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- Department of Population Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Population Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Population Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Ecology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Population Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Population Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Saravanan BC, Sreekumar C, Bansal GC, Ray D, Rao JR, Mishra AK. A rapid MTT colorimetric assay to assess the proliferative index of two Indian strains of Theileria annulata. Vet Parasitol 2003; 113:211-6. [PMID: 12719135 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(03)00062-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A study was undertaken to compare the proliferative index of macroschizont-infected lymphoblastoid cells of two Indian strains [Izatnagar (IZT) and Parbhani (PBN)] of Theileria annulata by an in vitro MTT [3-(4,5-dimethyl thiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide], colorimetric assay. Culture conditions were standardized to define the optimal cell concentration in 96-well microculture plates to yield nearly 100% living cells for measurement of the metabolized formazan activity. A cell concentration of 1.5x10(5) cells/ml was found to be optimal for effective discrimination of the parasite strains. On the basis of conversion of MTT by the actively proliferating lymphoblastoid cells, the PBN strain of T. annulata stimulated a 2.5-fold increase in formazan activity in comparison to the IZT strain. The in vitro MTT assay was found to be a simple and convenient method for assessing the cell activation rate and growth, obviating the need for radioactive material for the assay. The results of the proliferation assay are discussed in relation to previously documented information on the biological characteristics of this important pathogen of cattle.
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- B C Saravanan
- Division of Parasitology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243122, India
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