2016
Vaccine-driven evolution of parasite virulence and immune evasion in age-structured population: the case of pertussis
BERNHAUEROVÁ, VeronikaZákladní 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
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 |
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