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Population genetic correlates of declining transmission in a human pathogen

Molecular ecology, 2013-01, Vol.22 (2), p.273-285 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd ;2014 INIST-CNRS ;2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ;Copyright © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013 ;ISSN: 0962-1083 ;EISSN: 1365-294X ;DOI: 10.1111/mec.12099 ;PMID: 23121253

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Title:
Population genetic correlates of declining transmission in a human pathogen
Author: Nkhoma, Standwell C. ; Nair, Shalini ; Al-Saai, Salma ; Ashley, Elizabeth ; McGready, Rose ; Phyo, Aung P. ; Nosten, François ; Anderson, Tim J. C.
Subjects: Biological and medical sciences ; Disease control ; Disease transmission ; empirical ; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology ; Gene Frequency ; Genetic Variation ; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution ; Genetics, Population ; Genotype ; genotypic richness ; Heterozygote ; inbreeding ; Incidence ; Linkage Disequilibrium ; Malaria, Falciparum - epidemiology ; Malaria, Falciparum - parasitology ; multiple-genotype infections ; Myanmar - epidemiology ; Original ; Pathogens ; Plasmodium falciparum ; Plasmodium falciparum - genetics ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ; Population Density ; Population genetics ; Population genetics - effective population size ; Population genetics, reproduction patterns ; recombination ; Thailand - epidemiology
Is Part Of: Molecular ecology, 2013-01, Vol.22 (2), p.273-285
Description: Pathogen control programs provide a valuable, but rarely exploited, opportunity to directly examine the relationship between population decline and population genetics. We investigated the impact of an ~12‐fold decline in transmission on the population genetics of Plasmodium falciparum infections (n = 1731) sampled from four clinics on the Thai–Burma border over 10 years and genotyped using 96 genome‐wide SNPs. The most striking associated genetic change was a reduction in the frequency of infections containing multiple parasite genotypes from 63% in 2001 to 14% in 2010 (P = 3 × 10−15). Two measures of the clonal composition of populations (genotypic richness and the β‐parameter of the Pareto distribution) declined over time as more people were infected by parasites with identical multilocus genotypes, consistent with increased selfing and a reduction in the rate at which multilocus genotypes are broken apart by recombination. We predicted that the reduction in transmission, multiple clone carriage and outbreeding would be mirrored by an increased influence of genetic drift. However, geographical differentiation and expected heterozygosity remained stable across the sampling period. Furthermore, Ne estimates derived from allele frequencies fluctuation between years remained high (582 to ∞) and showed no downward trend. These results demonstrate how genetic data can compliment epidemiological assessments of infectious disease control programs. The temporal changes in a single declining population parallel to those seen in comparisons of parasite genetics in regions of differing endemicity, strongly supporting the notion that reduced opportunity for outbreeding is the key driver of these patterns. See also the Perspective by Neafsey
Publisher: Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0962-1083
EISSN: 1365-294X
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12099
PMID: 23121253
Source: MEDLINE
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Population genetic correlates of declining transmission in a human pathogen

2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd ;2014 INIST-CNRS ;2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ;Copyright © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013 ;ISSN: 0962-1083 ;EISSN: 1365-294X ;DOI: 10.1111/mec.12099 ;PMID: 23121253

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