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Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 111(1): 11-25, 2024 Jul 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38714193

RESUMO

The South Asia International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research, an NIH-funded collaborative program, investigated the epidemiology of malaria in the Indian state of Goa through health facility-based data collected from the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC), the state's largest tertiary healthcare facility, between 2012 and 2021. Our study investigated region-specific spatial and temporal patterns of malaria transmission in Goa and the factors driving such patterns. Over the past decade, the number of malaria cases, inpatients, and deaths at the GMC decreased significantly after a peak in 2014-2015. However, the proportion of severe malaria cases increased over the study period. Also, a trend of decreasing average parasitemia and increasing average gametocyte density suggests a shift toward submicroscopic infections and an increase in transmission commitment characteristic of low-transmission regions. Although transmission occurred throughout the year, 75% of the cases occurred between June and December, overlapping with the monsoon (June-October), which featured rainfall above yearly average, minimal diurnal temperature variation, and high relative humidity. Sociodemographic factors also had a significant association with malaria cases, with cases being more frequent in the 15-50-year-old age group, men, construction workers, and people living in urban areas within the GMC catchment region. Our environmental model of malaria transmission projects almost negligible transmission at the beginning of 2025 (annual parasitic index: 0.0095, 95% CI: 0.0075-0.0114) if the current control measures continue undisrupted.


Assuntos
Malária , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Feminino , Adulto , Masculino , Criança , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Adulto Jovem , Pré-Escolar , Lactente , Malária/transmissão , Malária/epidemiologia , Malária/prevenção & controle , Idoso , Estações do Ano , Hospitais/estatística & dados numéricos , Erradicação de Doenças , Malária Falciparum/epidemiologia , Malária Falciparum/transmissão , Malária Falciparum/prevenção & controle
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Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 107(4_Suppl): 118-123, 2022 10 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36228906

RESUMO

The Malaria Evolution in South Asia (MESA) International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR) conducted research studies at multiple sites in India to record blood-slide positivity over time, but also to study broader aspects of the disease. From the Southwest of India (Goa) to the Northeast (Assam), the MESA-ICEMR invested in research equipment, operational capacity, and trained personnel to observe frequencies of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections, clinical presentations, treatment effectiveness, vector transmission, and reinfections. With Government of India partners, Indian and U.S. academics, and trained researchers on the ground, the MESA-ICEMR team contributes information on malaria in selected parts of India.


Assuntos
Malária Falciparum , Malária Vivax , Malária , Ásia/epidemiologia , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Malária/epidemiologia , Malária Falciparum/epidemiologia , Malária Vivax/epidemiologia , Plasmodium falciparum , Plasmodium vivax
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Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 107(4_Suppl): 107-117, 2022 10 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36228910

RESUMO

The Malaria Evolution in South Asia (MESA) International Center for Excellence in Malaria Research (ICEMR) was established by the US National Institutes of Health (US NIH) as one of 10 malaria research centers in endemic countries. In 10 years of hospital-based and field-based work in India, the MESA-ICEMR has documented the changing epidemiology and transmission of malaria in four different parts of India. Malaria Evolution in South Asia-ICEMR activities, in collaboration with Indian partners, are carried out in the broad thematic areas of malaria case surveillance, vector biology and transmission, antimalarial resistance, pathogenesis, and host response. The program integrates insights from surveillance and field studies with novel basic science studies. This is a two-pronged approach determining the biology behind the disease patterns seen in the field, and generating new relevant biological questions about malaria to be tested in the field. Malaria Evolution in South Asia-ICEMR activities inform local and international stakeholders on the current status of malaria transmission in select parts of South Asia including updates on regional vectors of transmission of local parasites. The community surveys and new laboratory tools help monitor ongoing efforts to control and eliminate malaria in key regions of South Asia including the state of evolving antimalarial resistance in different parts of India, new host biomarkers of recent infection, and molecular markers of pathogenesis from uncomplicated and severe malaria.


Assuntos
Antimaláricos , Malária , Antimaláricos/uso terapêutico , Ásia/epidemiologia , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Cooperação Internacional , Malária/diagnóstico , Malária/tratamento farmacológico , Malária/epidemiologia , National Institutes of Health (U.S.) , Estados Unidos/epidemiologia
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31332065

RESUMO

Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been used to treat uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum infections in India since 2004. Since 2008, a decrease in artemisinin effectiveness has been seen throughout the Greater Mekong Subregion. The geographic proximity and ecological similarities of northeastern India to Southeast Asia may differentially affect the long-term management and sustainability of ACT in India. In order to collect baseline data on variations in ACT sensitivity in Indian parasites, 12 P. falciparum isolates from northeast India and 10 isolates from southwest India were studied in vitro Ring-stage survival assay (RSA) showed reduced sensitivity to dihydroartemisinin in 50% of the samples collected in northeast India in 2014 and 2015. Two of the 10 assayed samples from the southwest region of India from as far back as 2012 also showed decreased sensitivity to artemisinin. In both these regions, kelch gene sequences were not predictive of reduced artemisinin sensitivity, as measured by RSA. The present data justify future investments in integrated approaches involving clinical follow-up studies, in vitro survival assays, and molecular markers for tracking potential changes in the effectiveness of artemisinin against P. falciparum throughout India.


Assuntos
Artemisininas/farmacologia , Estágios do Ciclo de Vida/efeitos dos fármacos , Malária Falciparum/epidemiologia , Plasmodium falciparum/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas de Protozoários/genética , Antimaláricos/farmacologia , Sequência de Bases , Resistência a Medicamentos , Eritrócitos/efeitos dos fármacos , Eritrócitos/parasitologia , Expressão Gênica , Geografia , Humanos , Índia/epidemiologia , Repetição Kelch , Estágios do Ciclo de Vida/genética , Malária Falciparum/tratamento farmacológico , Malária Falciparum/parasitologia , Mutação , Plasmodium falciparum/genética , Plasmodium falciparum/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Plasmodium falciparum/metabolismo , Proteínas de Protozoários/metabolismo
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mBio ; 10(2)2019 04 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31040236

RESUMO

The clinical presentation of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria differs between children and adults, but the mechanistic basis for this remains unclear. Contributing factors to disease severity include total parasite biomass and the diverse cytoadhesive properties mediated by the polymorphic var gene parasite ligand family displayed on infected erythrocytes. To explore these factors, we performed a multicohort analysis of the contribution of var expression and parasite biomass to severe malaria in two previously published pediatric cohorts in Tanzania and Malawi and an adult cohort in India. Machine learning analysis revealed independent and complementary roles for var adhesion types and parasite biomass in adult and pediatric severe malaria and showed that similar var profiles, including upregulation of group A and DC8 var, predict severe malaria in adults and children. Among adults, patients with multiorgan complications presented infections with significantly higher parasite biomass without significant differences in var adhesion types. Conversely, pediatric patients with specific complications showed distinct var signatures. Cerebral malaria patients showed broadly increased expression of var genes, in particular group A and DC8 var, while children with severe malaria anemia were classified based on high transcription of DC8 var only. This study represents the first large multisite meta-analysis of var expression, and it demonstrates the presence of common var profiles in severe malaria patients of different ages across distant geographical sites, as well as syndrome-specific disease signatures. The complex associations between parasite biomass, var adhesion type, and clinical presentation revealed here represent the most comprehensive picture so far of the relationship between cytoadhesion, parasite load, and clinical syndrome.IMPORTANCEP. falciparum malaria can cause multiple disease complications that differ by patient age. Previous studies have attempted to address the roles of parasite adhesion and biomass in disease severity; however, these studies have been limited to single geographical sites, and there is limited understanding of how parasite adhesion and biomass interact to influence disease manifestations. In this meta-analysis, we compared parasite disease determinants in African children and Indian adults. This study demonstrates that parasite biomass and specific subsets of var genes are independently associated with detrimental outcomes in both childhood and adult malaria. We also explored how parasite var adhesion types and biomass play different roles in the development of specific severe malaria pathologies, including childhood cerebral malaria and multiorgan complications in adults. This work represents the largest study to date of the role of both var adhesion types and biomass in severe malaria.


Assuntos
Variação Genética , Genótipo , Malária Falciparum/patologia , Malária Falciparum/parasitologia , Plasmodium falciparum/classificação , Plasmodium falciparum/genética , Proteínas de Protozoários/genética , Adulto , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Estudos de Coortes , Feminino , Humanos , Índia , Lactente , Aprendizado de Máquina , Malaui , Masculino , Carga Parasitária , Tanzânia
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Mol Biochem Parasitol ; 210(1-2): 58-70, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27619053

RESUMO

Many Plasmodium falciparum proteins do not share homology with, and are generally longer than their respective orthologs. This, to some extent, can be attributed to insertions. Here, we studied a P. falciparum RNA hypermethylase, trimethylguanosine synthase (PfTGS1) that harbors a 76 amino acid insertion in its methyltransferase domain. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that this insertion was present in TGS1 orthologs from other Plasmodium species as well. Interestingly, a classical nuclear localization signal (NLS) was predicted in the insertions of primate parasite TGS1 proteins. To check whether these predicted NLS are functional, we developed an in vivo heterologous system using S. cerevisiae. The predicted NLS when fused to dimeric GFP were able to localize the fusion protein to the nucleus in yeast indicating that it is indeed recognized by the yeast nuclear import machinery. We further showed that the PfTGS1 NLS binds to P. falciparum importin-α in vitro, confirming that the NLS is also recognized by the P. falciparum classical nuclear import machinery. Thus, in this study we report a novel function of the insertion in PfTGS1.


Assuntos
Metiltransferases/genética , Mutagênese Insercional , Sinais de Localização Nuclear/genética , Plasmodium falciparum/enzimologia , Plasmodium falciparum/genética , Domínios e Motivos de Interação entre Proteínas/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Clonagem Molecular , Expressão Gênica , Vetores Genéticos , Metiltransferases/química , Metiltransferases/isolamento & purificação , Metiltransferases/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica , Transporte Proteico
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 113(23): E3270-9, 2016 Jun 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27185931

RESUMO

The interplay between cellular and molecular determinants that lead to severe malaria in adults is unexplored. Here, we analyzed parasite virulence factors in an infected adult population in India and investigated whether severe malaria isolates impair endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR), a protein involved in coagulation and endothelial barrier permeability. Severe malaria isolates overexpressed specific members of the Plasmodium falciparum var gene/PfEMP1 (P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1) family that bind EPCR, including DC8 var genes that have previously been linked to severe pediatric malaria. Machine learning analysis revealed that DC6- and DC8-encoding var transcripts in combination with high parasite biomass were the strongest indicators of patient hospitalization and disease severity. We found that DC8 CIDRα1 domains from severe malaria isolates had substantial differences in EPCR binding affinity and blockade activity for its ligand activated protein C. Additionally, even a low level of inhibition exhibited by domains from two cerebral malaria isolates was sufficient to interfere with activated protein C-barrier protective activities in human brain endothelial cells. Our findings demonstrate an interplay between parasite biomass and specific PfEMP1 adhesion types in the development of adult severe malaria, and indicate that low impairment of EPCR function may contribute to parasite virulence.


Assuntos
Malária Falciparum/parasitologia , Plasmodium falciparum/genética , Plasmodium falciparum/patogenicidade , Proteínas de Protozoários/genética , Adulto , Antígenos CD/genética , Antígenos CD/metabolismo , Biomassa , Receptor de Proteína C Endotelial , Feminino , Humanos , Aprendizado de Máquina , Malária Falciparum/genética , Malária Falciparum/metabolismo , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Proteína C/metabolismo , Domínios Proteicos , Proteínas de Protozoários/química , Receptores de Superfície Celular/genética , Receptores de Superfície Celular/metabolismo , Virulência , Adulto Jovem
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Mol Biol Rep ; 37(4): 2125-33, 2010 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19669595

RESUMO

5' caps provide recognition sequences for the nuclear import of snRNAs. The 5' and 3' ends of snRNAs were studied in Plasmodium falciparum with a modified adapter ligation method, which showed that 5' ends of U1, U2, U4, U5 and U6 snRNAs are capped. In P. falciparum, the 3' ends of U1, U2, U4 and U5 snRNAs have free hydroxyl groups whereas U6 snRNA has a blocked 3' end. An immunoprecipitation assay for trimethyl guanosine caps shows that the cap structures of parasite U1-U5 snRNAs are hypermethylated while U6 snRNA may be gamma-mono-methylated. Bioinformatics analysis of proteins involved in hypermethylation and trafficking of snRNAs indicates that the methyltransferase TGS1 is present in the P. falciparum genome. PfTGS1 is larger than its orthologs and may have transmembrane domains in the C-terminus. Surprisingly, the snRNA trafficking protein Snurportin is absent from the P. falciparum genome suggesting that reminiscent of yeast, parasite snRNAs may be retained in the nucleus.


Assuntos
Plasmodium falciparum/citologia , Plasmodium falciparum/genética , Processamento Pós-Transcricional do RNA , RNA de Protozoário/metabolismo , Spliceossomos/genética , Animais , Northern Blotting , Bases de Dados Genéticas , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento , Humanos , Estágios do Ciclo de Vida , Metiltransferases/metabolismo , Plasmodium falciparum/enzimologia , Plasmodium falciparum/crescimento & desenvolvimento , RNA de Protozoário/genética , RNA Nuclear Pequeno/genética , RNA Nuclear Pequeno/metabolismo , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos
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