Phenotypic and genotypic monitoring of Schistosoma mansoni in Tanzanian schoolchildren five years into a preventative chemotherapy national control programme

Gower, C M; Gehre, F; Marques, S R; Lamberton, P H L; Lwambo, N J; Webster, J P

Abstract

We conducted combined in vitro PZQ efficacy testing with population genetic analyses of S. mansoni collected from children from two schools in 2010, five years after the introduction of a National Control Programme. Children at one school had received four annual PZQ treatments and the other school had received two mass treatments in total. We compared genetic differentiation, indices of genetic diversity, and estimated adult worm burden from parasites collected in 2010 with samples collected in 2005 (before the control programme began) and in 2006 (six months after the first PZQ treatment). Using 2010 larval samples, we also compared the genetic similarity of those with high and low in vitro sensitivity to PZQ.

Citation

Gower, C. M., Gehre, F., Marques, S. R., Lamberton, P. H. L., Lwambo, N. J., & Webster, J. P. (2017). Phenotypic and genotypic monitoring of Schistosoma mansoni in Tanzanian schoolchildren five years into a preventative chemotherapy national control programme. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2533-6

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 13, 2017
• Publication Date: Dec 2, 2017
• Deposit Date: Dec 23, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 23, 2017
• Journal: Parasites & Vectors
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 93
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2533-6
• Public URL: https://rvc-repository.worktribe.com/output/1389890