J 2016

Isolation of Treponema DNA from Necrophagous Flies in a Natural Ecosystem

KNAUF, Sascha; Jane RAPHAEL; Oriol MITJÀ; Inyasi A. V. LEJORA; Idrissa S. CHUMA et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Isolation of Treponema DNA from Necrophagous Flies in a Natural Ecosystem

Autoři

KNAUF, Sascha; Jane RAPHAEL; Oriol MITJÀ; Inyasi A. V. LEJORA; Idrissa S. CHUMA; Emmanuel K. BATAMUZI; Julius D. KEYYU; Robert FYUMAGWA; Simone LÜERT; Charmie GODORNES; Hsi LIU; Christiane SCHWARZ; David ŠMAJS; Philippe GRANGE; Dietmar ZINNER; Christian ROOS a Sheila A. LUKEHART

Vydání

EBioMedicine, Amsterdam, Elsevier Science BV, 2016, 2352-3964

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

30300 3.3 Health sciences

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14110/16:00092217

Organizační jednotka

Lékařská fakulta

EID Scopus

Klíčová slova anglicky

Treponema pallidum; Dipteria; Yaws; Nonhuman primates; Transmission

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 8. 12. 2016 15:31, Ing. Mgr. Věra Pospíšilíková

Anotace

V originále

Background: Recently, the World Health Organization launched a campaign to eradicate the tropical disease yaws, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue; however, for decades researchers have questioned whether flies act as a vector for the pathogen that could facilitate transmission. Methods: A total of 207 fly specimens were trapped in areas of Africa in which T. pallidum-induced skin ulcerations are common in wild baboons; 88 flies from Tarangire National Park and 119 from Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania were analyzed by PCR for the presence of T. pallidum DNA. Findings: We report that in the two study areas, T. pallidum DNA was found in 17-24% of wild-caught flies of the order Diptera. Treponemal DNA sequences obtained from many of the flies match sequences derived from nearby baboon T. pallidum strains, and one of the fly species with an especially high prevalence of T. pallidum DNA, Musca sorbens, has previously been shown to transmit yaws in an experimental setting. Interpretation: Our results raise the possibility that flies play a role in yaws transmission; further research is warranted, given how important understanding transmission is for the eradication of this disfiguring disease.