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Contribution of Asymptomatic Plasmodium Infections to the Transmission of Malaria in Kayin State, Myanmar
Ist Teil von
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2019-04, Vol.219 (9), p.1499-1509
Ort / Verlag
US: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2019
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Abstract
Background
The objective of mass antimalarial drug administration (MDA) is to eliminate malaria rapidly by eliminating the asymptomatic malaria parasite reservoirs and interrupting transmission. In the Greater Mekong Subregion, where artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum is now widespread, MDA has been proposed as an elimination accelerator, but the contribution of asymptomatic infections to malaria transmission has been questioned. The impact of MDA on entomological indices has not been characterized previously.
Methods
MDA was conducted in 4 villages in Kayin State (Myanmar). Malaria mosquito vectors were captured 3 months before, during, and 3 months after MDA, and their Plasmodium infections were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. The relationship between the entomological inoculation rate, the malaria prevalence in humans determined by ultrasensitive PCR, and MDA was characterized by generalized estimating equation regression.
Results
Asymptomatic P. falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections were cleared by MDA. The P. vivax entomological inoculation rate was reduced by 12.5-fold (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.6–100-fold), but the reservoir of asymptomatic P. vivax infections was reconstituted within 3 months, presumably because of relapses. This was coincident with a 5.3-fold (95% CI, 4.8–6.0-fold) increase in the vector infection rate.
Conclusion
Asymptomatic infections are a major source of malaria transmission in Southeast Asia.
This study demonstrates the major contribution of asymptomatic low-density Plasmodium infections to the transmission of malaria in Southeast Asian settings. Mass drug administration with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine can interrupt malaria transmission rapidly in areas where the prevalence of asymptomatic infection is high.