J 2016

Vaccine-driven evolution of parasite virulence and immune evasion in age-structured population: the case of pertussis

BERNHAUEROVÁ, Veronika

Základní údaje

Originální název

Vaccine-driven evolution of parasite virulence and immune evasion in age-structured population: the case of pertussis

Autoři

BERNHAUEROVÁ, Veronika (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Theoretical Ecology, HEIDELBERG, SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2016, 1874-1738

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.221

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00094238

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000388954400005

Klíčová slova anglicky

Age-structured model; Adaptive dynamics; Bordetella pertussis; Immune evasion; Vaccination; Virulence

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 3. 1. 2020 11:45, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Despite enormous success of mass immunization programs in reducing incidence of infectious diseases, vaccine-escape strains have emerged perhaps as a consequence of strong selection pressures exerted on parasites by vaccines. Pertussis presents a well-documented example. As a childhood infection, it exhibits age-specific transmission biased to children. Assuming different transmission rates between children and adults, I study, by means of an age-structured epidemic model, evolutionary dynamics of parasite virulence in a vaccinated population. I find that the age-structure does not affect the evolutionary dynamics of parasite virulence. Also, based on empirical data reporting antigenic divergence with vaccine strains and mutations in virulence-associated genes in pertussis populations, I allow for parallel occurrence of mutations in parasite virulence and associated immune evasion. I conclude that this simultaneous adaptation of both traits may substantially alter the evolutionary course of the parasite. In particular, higher values of virulence are favoured once the parasite is able to evade the transmission-blocking vaccine-induced immunity. On the other hand, lower values of virulence are selected for once the parasite evolves the ability to evade the virulence-blocking vaccine-induced immunity. I emphasize the importance of multi-trait evolution to assess the direction of parasite adaptation more accurately.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1441/2014, interní kód MU
Název: Matematické a statistické modely (Akronym: Matematické a statistické modely)
Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Matematické a statistické modely, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty