Population genomics of ancient and modern Trichuris trichiura

Autor: Stephen R. Doyle, Martin Jensen Søe, Peter Nejsum, Martha Betson, Philip J. Cooper, Lifei Peng, Xing-Quan Zhu, Ana Sanchez, Gabriela Matamoros, Gustavo Adolfo Fontecha Sandoval, Cristina Cutillas, Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté, Zeleke Mekonnen, Shaali M. Ame, Harriet Namwanje, Bruno Levecke, Matthew Berriman, Brian Lund Fredensborg, Christian Moliin Outzen Kapel
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Doyle, S R, Søe, M J, Nejsum, P, Betson, M, Cooper, P J, Peng, L, Zhu, X Q, Sanchez, A, Matamoros, G, Sandoval, G A F, Cutillas, C, Tchuenté, L A T, Mekonnen, Z, Ame, S M, Namwanje, H, Levecke, B, Berriman, M, Fredensborg, B L & Kapel, C M O 2022, ' Population genomics of ancient and modern Trichuris trichiura ', Nature Communications, vol. 13, no. 1, 3888 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31487-x
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31487-x
Popis: The neglected tropical disease trichuriasis is caused by the whipworm Trichuris trichiura, a soil-transmitted helminth that has infected humans for millennia. Today, T. trichiura infects as many as 500 million people, predominantly in communities with poor sanitary infrastructure enabling sustained faecal-oral transmission. Using whole-genome sequencing of geographically distributed worms collected from human and other primate hosts, together with ancient samples preserved in archaeologically-defined latrines and deposits dated up to one thousand years old, we present the first population genomics study of T. trichiura. We describe the continent-scale genetic structure between whipworms infecting humans and baboons relative to those infecting other primates. Admixture and population demographic analyses support a stepwise distribution of genetic variation that is highest in Uganda, consistent with an African origin and subsequent translocation with human migration. Finally, genome-wide analyses between human samples and between human and non-human primate samples reveal local regions of genetic differentiation between geographically distinct populations. These data provide insight into zoonotic reservoirs of human-infective T. trichiura and will support future efforts toward the implementation of genomic epidemiology of this globally important helminth.
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