Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Graduate Program in Epidemiology and Human Genetics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Nat Commun. 2019 Jun 17;10(1):2665. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10121-3.
Estimates of Plasmodium falciparum migration may inform strategies for malaria elimination. Here we elucidate fine-scale parasite population structure and infer recent migration across Southeast Asia using identity-by-descent (IBD) approaches based on genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms called in 1722 samples from 54 districts. IBD estimates are consistent with isolation-by-distance. We observe greater sharing of larger IBD segments between artemisinin-resistant parasites versus sensitive parasites, which is consistent with the recent spread of drug resistance. Our IBD analyses reveal actionable patterns, including isolated parasite populations, which may be prioritized for malaria elimination, as well as asymmetrical migration identifying potential sources and sinks of migrating parasites.
估计疟原虫的迁移可能为疟疾消除策略提供信息。在这里,我们使用基于全基因组单核苷酸多态性的同缘关系(IBD)方法阐明了东南亚地区的细尺度寄生虫种群结构,并推断了最近的迁移情况,该方法在 54 个地区的 1722 个样本中进行了基因分型。IBD 估计与距离隔离一致。我们观察到,在抗青蒿素寄生虫和敏感寄生虫之间,更大的 IBD 片段的共享更多,这与药物耐药性的近期传播一致。我们的 IBD 分析揭示了可采取行动的模式,包括可能优先进行疟疾消除的孤立寄生虫种群,以及确定迁移寄生虫的潜在来源和汇的不对称迁移。