Plasmodium vivax malaria viewed through the lens of an eradicated european strain

van Dorp Lucy, Gelabert Pere, Rieux Adrien, de Manuel Marc, de-Dios Toni, Gopalakrishnan Shyam, Caroe christian, Sandoval-Velasco Marcela, Fregel Rosa, Olalde Iñigo, Escosa Raül, Aranda Carles, Huijben Silvie, Mueller Ivo, Marquès-Bonet Tomàs, Balloux François, Gilbert M. Thomas P., Lalueza-Fox Carles. 2019. Plasmodium vivax malaria viewed through the lens of an eradicated european strain. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 37 (3) : 773-785.

Quartile : Outlier, Sujet : GENETICS & HEREDITY / Quartile : Outlier, Sujet : BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY / Quartile : Outlier, Sujet : EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Liste HCERES des revues (en SHS) : oui

Thème(s) HCERES des revues (en SHS) : Anthropologie-Ethnologie; Psychologie-éthologie-ergonomie

Résumé : The protozoan Plasmodium vivax is responsible for 42% of all cases of malaria outside Africa. The parasite is currently largely restricted to tropical and subtropical latitudes in Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. Though, it was historically present in most of Europe before being finally eradicated during the second half of the 20th century. The lack of genomic information on the extinct European lineage has prevented a clear understanding of historical population structuring and past migrations of P. vivax. We used medical microscope slides prepared in 1944 from malaria-affected patients from the Ebro Delta in Spain, one of the last footholds of malaria in Europe, to generate a genome of a European P. vivax strain. Population genetics and phylogenetic analyses placed this strain basal to a cluster including samples from the Americas. This genome allowed us to calibrate a genomic mutation rate for P. vivax, and to estimate the mean age of the last common ancestor between European and American strains to the 15th century. This date points to an introduction of the parasite during the European colonization of the Americas. In addition, we found that some known variants for resistance to antimalarial drugs, including Chloroquine and Sulfadoxine, were already present in this European strain, predating their use. Our results shed light on the evolution of an important human pathogen and illustrate the value of antique medical collections as a resource for retrieving genomic information on pathogens from the past.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : phylogénie, Plasmodium vivax, malaria, résistance aux médicaments, génome, génétique des populations, Plasmodium

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Europe, Espagne, Afrique, Asie, Océanie tropicale

Mots-clés libres : Malaria, Plasmodium vivax, Phylogenetics, Ancient DNA, Population genetics

Agences de financement européennes : European Regional Development Fund, European Research Council

Auteurs et affiliations

• van Dorp Lucy, University College London (GBR) - auteur correspondant
• Gelabert Pere, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (ESP)
• Rieux Adrien, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR PVBMT (REU)
• de Manuel Marc, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (ESP)
• de-Dios Toni, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (ESP)
• Gopalakrishnan Shyam, UCPH (DNK)
• Caroe christian, UCPH (DNK)
• Sandoval-Velasco Marcela, UCPH (DNK)
• Fregel Rosa, Stanford University (USA)
• Olalde Iñigo, Harvard Medical School (USA)
• Escosa Raül, Consorci de Polítiques Ambientals de les Terres de l'Ebre (ESP)
• Aranda Carles, Servei de Control de Mosquits (ESP)
• Huijben Silvie, Arizona State University (USA)
• Mueller Ivo, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ESP)
• Marquès-Bonet Tomàs, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (ESP)
• Balloux François, University College London (GBR)
• Gilbert M. Thomas P., Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NOR)
• Lalueza-Fox Carles, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (ESP) - auteur correspondant

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/605371/)

Métriques

[ Page générée et mise en cache le 2024-04-25 ]