Evaluating the performance of malaria genetics for inferring changes in transmission intensity using transmission modelling
Substantial progress has been made globally to control malaria, however there is a growing need for innovative new tools to ensure continued progress. One approach is to harness genetic sequencing and accompanying methodological approaches as have been used in the control of other infectious disease...
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Oxford University Press
2020
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| author | Watson, OJ Okell, LC Hellewell, J Slater, HC Unwin, HJT Omedo, I Bejon, P Snow, RW Noor, AM Rockett, K Hubbart, C Nankabirwa, JI Greenhouse, B Chang, H-H Ghani, AC Verity, R |
| author_facet | Watson, OJ Okell, LC Hellewell, J Slater, HC Unwin, HJT Omedo, I Bejon, P Snow, RW Noor, AM Rockett, K Hubbart, C Nankabirwa, JI Greenhouse, B Chang, H-H Ghani, AC Verity, R |
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| description | Substantial progress has been made globally to control malaria, however there is a growing need for innovative new tools to ensure continued progress. One approach is to harness genetic sequencing and accompanying methodological approaches as have been used in the control of other infectious diseases. However, to utilise these methodologies for malaria we first need to extend the methods to capture the complex interactions between parasites, human and vector hosts, and environment, which all impact the level of genetic diversity and relatedness of malaria parasites. We develop an individual-based transmission model to simulate malaria parasite genetics parameterised using estimated relationships between complexity of infection and age from 5 regions in Uganda and Kenya. We predict that cotransmission and superinfection contribute equally to within-host parasite genetic diversity at 11.5% PCR prevalence, above which superinfections dominate. Finally, we characterise the predictive power of six metrics of parasite genetics for detecting changes in transmission intensity, before grouping them in an ensemble statistical model. The model predicted malaria prevalence with a mean absolute error of 0.055. Different assumptions about the availability of sample metadata were considered, with the most accurate predictions of malaria prevalence made when the clinical status and age of sampled individuals is known. Parasite genetics may provide a novel surveillance tool for estimating the prevalence of malaria in areas in which prevalence surveys are not feasible. However, the findings presented here reinforce the need for patient metadata to be recorded and made available within all future attempts to use parasite genetics for surveillance. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ae75e63c-f5b6-4393-b405-21b718e923f02022-03-27T03:42:52ZEvaluating the performance of malaria genetics for inferring changes in transmission intensity using transmission modellingJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ae75e63c-f5b6-4393-b405-21b718e923f0EnglishSymplectic ElementsOxford University Press2020Watson, OJOkell, LCHellewell, JSlater, HCUnwin, HJTOmedo, IBejon, PSnow, RWNoor, AMRockett, KHubbart, CNankabirwa, JIGreenhouse, BChang, H-HGhani, ACVerity, RSubstantial progress has been made globally to control malaria, however there is a growing need for innovative new tools to ensure continued progress. One approach is to harness genetic sequencing and accompanying methodological approaches as have been used in the control of other infectious diseases. However, to utilise these methodologies for malaria we first need to extend the methods to capture the complex interactions between parasites, human and vector hosts, and environment, which all impact the level of genetic diversity and relatedness of malaria parasites. We develop an individual-based transmission model to simulate malaria parasite genetics parameterised using estimated relationships between complexity of infection and age from 5 regions in Uganda and Kenya. We predict that cotransmission and superinfection contribute equally to within-host parasite genetic diversity at 11.5% PCR prevalence, above which superinfections dominate. Finally, we characterise the predictive power of six metrics of parasite genetics for detecting changes in transmission intensity, before grouping them in an ensemble statistical model. The model predicted malaria prevalence with a mean absolute error of 0.055. Different assumptions about the availability of sample metadata were considered, with the most accurate predictions of malaria prevalence made when the clinical status and age of sampled individuals is known. Parasite genetics may provide a novel surveillance tool for estimating the prevalence of malaria in areas in which prevalence surveys are not feasible. However, the findings presented here reinforce the need for patient metadata to be recorded and made available within all future attempts to use parasite genetics for surveillance. |
| spellingShingle | Watson, OJ Okell, LC Hellewell, J Slater, HC Unwin, HJT Omedo, I Bejon, P Snow, RW Noor, AM Rockett, K Hubbart, C Nankabirwa, JI Greenhouse, B Chang, H-H Ghani, AC Verity, R Evaluating the performance of malaria genetics for inferring changes in transmission intensity using transmission modelling |
| title | Evaluating the performance of malaria genetics for inferring changes in transmission intensity using transmission modelling |
| title_full | Evaluating the performance of malaria genetics for inferring changes in transmission intensity using transmission modelling |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating the performance of malaria genetics for inferring changes in transmission intensity using transmission modelling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the performance of malaria genetics for inferring changes in transmission intensity using transmission modelling |
| title_short | Evaluating the performance of malaria genetics for inferring changes in transmission intensity using transmission modelling |
| title_sort | evaluating the performance of malaria genetics for inferring changes in transmission intensity using transmission modelling |
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