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Gogarten JF, Düx A, Gräßle T, Lumbu CP, Markert S, Patrono LV, Pléh KA, Singa FN, Tanga CTF, Tombolomako TB, Couacy-Hymann E, Kouadio L, Ahuka-Mundeke S, Makouloutou-Nzassi P, Calvignac-Spencer S, Leendertz FH. An ounce of prevention is better : Monitoring wildlife health as a tool for pandemic prevention. EMBO Rep 2024; 25:2819-2831. [PMID: 38849672 PMCID: PMC11239677 DOI: 10.1038/s44319-024-00156-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024] Open
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Long-term observations of wildlife are key to understanding the ecological foundations of disease emergence. They provide unique opportunities to detect pathogens with zoonotic potential that could threaten human health but also pose a threat for the animals.
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- Jan Frederik Gogarten
- Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany
- Department of Applied Zoology and Nature Conservation, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany
- Taï Chimpanzee Project, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany
- Institut National de Recherche Biomedical, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Kokolopori Bonobo Research Project, Tshuapa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany
- Taï Chimpanzee Project, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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- WWF Central African Republic Programme Office, Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Bangui, Central African Republic
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- Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany
- Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale, Libreville, Gabon
- Ozouga Chimpanzee Project, Loango National Park, Gabon
- Loango Gorilla Project, Loango National Park, Gabon
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- Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany
- WWF Central African Republic Programme Office, Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Bangui, Central African Republic
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- Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany
- Université Peleforo Gon Coulibaly, Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire
- Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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- Service de Microbiologie, Departement de Biologie Médicale, Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa (CUK), Université de Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Département de Biologie et Écologie Animale, Institut de Recherche en Écologie Tropicale (IRET/CENAREST), Libreville, Gabon
- Unité de Recherche en Écologie de la Santé, CIRMF, Franceville, Gabon
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- Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Greifswald, Germany.
- Taï Chimpanzee Project, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
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Sereme Y, Zarza SM, Medkour H, Mezouar S, Dotras L, Barciela A, Hernandez-Aguilar RA, Vitte J, Šmajs D, Louni M, Mulot B, Leclerc A, Guéry JP, Orain N, Diatta G, Sokhna C, Raoult D, Davoust B, Fenollar F, Mediannikov O. Treponematosis in critically endangered Western chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes verus) in Senegal. One Health 2024; 18:100694. [PMID: 39010964 PMCID: PMC11247300 DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024] Open
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Treponematoses encompass a group of chronic and debilitating bacterial diseases transmitted sexually or by direct contact and attributed to Treponema pallidum. Despite being documented since as far back as 1963, the epidemiology of treponematoses in wild primates has remained an uninvestigated territory due to the inherent challenges associated with conducting examinations and obtaining invasive biological samples from wild animals. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the presence of treponemal infections in the critically endangered Western chimpanzees in Senegal, utilizing an innovative non-invasive stool serology method. We provide compelling evidence of the existence of anti-Treponema-specific antibodies in 13 out of 29 individual chimpanzees. Our study also underscores the significant potential of stool serology as a valuable non-invasive tool for monitoring and surveilling crucial emerging diseases in wild animals. We recognize two major implications: (1) the imperative need to assess the risks of treponematosis in Western chimpanzee populations and (2) the necessity to monitor and manage this disease following a holistic One Health approach.
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- Youssouf Sereme
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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- Jane Goodall Institute Spain and Senegal, Dindefelo Biological Station, Dindefelo, Kedougou, Senegal
- Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Jane Goodall Institute Spain and Senegal, Dindefelo Biological Station, Dindefelo, Kedougou, Senegal
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- Jane Goodall Institute Spain and Senegal, Dindefelo Biological Station, Dindefelo, Kedougou, Senegal
- Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Serra Hunter Programme, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain
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- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice, Czech Republic
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- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
- VITROME, Campus International UCAD-IRD, Dakar, Senegal
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- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
- VITROME, Campus International UCAD-IRD, Dakar, Senegal
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- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
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- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Univ., IRD, AP-HM, MEPHI, Marseille, France
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Strahan EK, Witherbee J, Bergl R, Lonsdorf EV, Mwacha D, Mjungu D, Arandjelovic M, Ikfuingei R, Terio K, Travis DA, Gillespie TR. Potentially Zoonotic Enteric Infections in Gorillas and Chimpanzees, Cameroon and Tanzania. Emerg Infect Dis 2024; 30:577-580. [PMID: 38407249 PMCID: PMC10902540 DOI: 10.3201/eid3003.230318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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Despite zoonotic potential, data are lacking on enteric infection diversity in wild apes. We employed a novel molecular diagnostic platform to detect enteric infections in wild chimpanzees and gorillas. Prevalent Cryptosporidium parvum, adenovirus, and diarrheagenic Escherichia coli across divergent sites and species demonstrates potential widespread circulation among apes in Africa.
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Janečková K, Roos C, Fedrová P, Tom N, Čejková D, Lueert S, Keyyu JD, Chuma IS, Knauf S, Šmajs D. The genomes of the yaws bacterium, Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue, of nonhuman primate and human origin are not genomically distinct. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2023; 17:e0011602. [PMID: 37703251 PMCID: PMC10499264 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue (TPE) is the causative agent of human yaws. Yaws is currently reported in 13 endemic countries in Africa, southern Asia, and the Pacific region. During the mid-20th century, a first yaws eradication effort resulted in a global 95% drop in yaws prevalence. The lack of continued surveillance has led to the resurgence of yaws. The disease was believed to have no animal reservoirs, which supported the development of a currently ongoing second yaws eradication campaign. Concomitantly, genetic evidence started to show that TPE strains naturally infect nonhuman primates (NHPs) in sub-Saharan Africa. In our current study we tested hypothesis that NHP- and human-infecting TPE strains differ in the previously unknown parts of the genomes. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In this study, we determined complete (finished) genomes of ten TPE isolates that originated from NHPs and compared them to TPE whole-genome sequences from human yaws patients. We performed an in-depth analysis of TPE genomes to determine if any consistent genomic differences are present between TPE genomes of human and NHP origin. We were able to resolve previously undetermined TPE chromosomal regions (sequencing gaps) that prevented us from making a conclusion regarding the sequence identity of TPE genomes from NHPs and humans. The comparison among finished genome sequences revealed no consistent differences between human and NHP TPE genomes. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE Our data show that NHPs are infected with strains that are not only similar to the strains infecting humans but are genomically indistinguishable from them. Although interspecies transmission in NHPs is a rare event and evidence for current spillover events is missing, the existence of the yaws bacterium in NHPs is demonstrated. While the low risk of spillover supports the current yaws treatment campaign, it is of importance to continue yaws surveillance in areas where NHPs are naturally infected with TPE even if yaws is successfully eliminated in humans.
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- Klára Janečková
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbH, Leibniz-Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of International Animal Health/One Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany
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- Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), Arusha, Tanzania
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, College of Veterinary and Medical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
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- Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbH, Leibniz-Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany
- Institute of International Animal Health/One Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Cherif MS, Keita M, Dahal P, Guilavogui T, Beavogui AH, Diassy L, Conde M, Touré A, Delamou A. Neglected tropical diseases in Republic of Guinea: disease endemicity, case burden and the road towards the 2030 target. Int Health 2023; 15:490-504. [PMID: 37232124 PMCID: PMC10472893 DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihad036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) predominantly affect vulnerable and marginalized populations in tropical and subtropical areas and globally affect more than one billion people. In Guinea, the burden of NTDs is estimated to be >7.5 disability-adjusted life years per million inhabitants. Currently the Guinea NTDs master plan (2017-2020) has identified eight diseases as public health problems: onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis, leprosy, human African trypanosomiasis and Buruli ulcer. In this review we discuss the past and the current case burden of the priority NTDs in Guinea, highlight the major milestones and discuss current and future areas of focus for achieving the 2030 target outlined by the World Health Organization.
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- Mahamoud Sama Cherif
- Faculty of Sciences and Health Technics, Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea
- Direction Regionale de la Santé de Faranah, Ministère de la santé et de l'hygiène publique, Faranah, Guinea
- Service de Pediatrie, Hospital National Ignace Deen, Ministère de la santé et de l'Hygiène Publique, Conakry, Guinea
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- World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt
- Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Management and Programmes Coordination, Ministry of Health, Conakry, Guinea
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- Faculty of Sciences and Health Technics, Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea
- Centre National de Formation et Recherche en Sante Rurale de Maferinyah, Maferinyah, Guinea
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- World Health Organization, Guinea office, Landreah, Corniche Nord, Boîte postale 817, Conakry, Guinea
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- Service de Pediatrie, Hospital National Ignace Deen, Ministère de la santé et de l'Hygiène Publique, Conakry, Guinea
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- Faculty of Sciences and Health Technics, Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea
- Institut National de Santé Publique, Ministère de la Santé et de l'Hygiène Publique, Conakry, Guinea
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- Faculty of Sciences and Health Technics, Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Conakry, Guinea
- Centre National de Formation et Recherche en Sante Rurale de Maferinyah, Maferinyah, Guinea
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Gräßle T, Crockford C, Eichner C, Girard‐Buttoz C, Jäger C, Kirilina E, Lipp I, Düx A, Edwards L, Jauch A, Kopp KS, Paquette M, Pine K, Haun DBM, McElreath R, Anwander A, Gunz P, Morawski M, Friederici AD, Weiskopf N, Leendertz FH, Wittig RM, Albig K, Amarasekaran B, Angedakin S, Anwander A, Aschoff D, Asiimwe C, Bailanda L, Beehner JC, Belais R, Bergman TJ, Blazey B, Bernhard A, Bock C, Carlier P, Chantrey J, Crockford C, Deschner T, Düx A, Edwards L, Eichner C, Escoubas G, Ettaj M, Fedurek P, Flores K, Francke R, Friederici AD, Girard‐Buttoz C, Fortun JG, GoneBi ZB, Gräßle T, Gruber‐Dujardin E, Gunz P, Hartel J, Haun DBM, Henshall M, Hobaiter C, Hofman N, Jaffe JE, Jäger C, Jauch A, Kahemere S, Kirilina E, Klopfleisch R, Knauf‐Witzens T, Kopp KS, Kouima GLM, Lange B, Langergraber K, Lawrenz A, Leendertz FH, Lipp I, Liptovszky M, Theron TL, Lumbu CP, Nzassi PM, Mätz‐Rensing K, McElreath R, McLennan M, Mezö Z, Moittie S, Møller T, Morawski M, Morgan D, Mugabe T, Muller M, Müller M, Njumboket I, Olofsson‐Sannö K, Ondzie A, Otali E, Paquette M, Pika S, Pine K, Pizarro A, Pléh K, Rendel J, Reichler‐Danielowski S, Robbins MM, Forero AR, Ruske K, Samuni L, Sanz C, Schüle A, Schwabe I, Schwalm K, Speede S, Southern L, Steiner J, Stidworthy M, Surbeck M, Szentiks C, Tanga T, Ulrich R, Unwin S, van de Waal E, Walker S, Weiskopf N, Wibbelt G, Wittig RM, Wood K, Zuberbühler K. Sourcing high tissue quality brains from deceased wild primates with known socio‐ecology. Methods Ecol Evol 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.14039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Tobias Gräßle
- Epidemiology of highly pathogenic microorganisms Robert Koch‐Institute Berlin Germany
- Helmholtz Institute for One Health Greifswald Germany
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- Ape Social Mind Lab Institute of Cognitive Science Marc Jeannerod, UMR 5229, CNRS Lyon France
- Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig Germany
- Taï Chimpanzee Project Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan Ivory Coast
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- Department of Neuropsychology Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
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- Ape Social Mind Lab Institute of Cognitive Science Marc Jeannerod, UMR 5229, CNRS Lyon France
- Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig Germany
- Taï Chimpanzee Project Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan Ivory Coast
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- Department of Neurophysics Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
- Paul Flechsig Institute ‐ Center of Neuropathology and Brain Research, Faculty of Medicine Universität Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
- Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Berlin Freie Universität Berlin Berlin Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
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- Epidemiology of highly pathogenic microorganisms Robert Koch‐Institute Berlin Germany
- Helmholtz Institute for One Health Greifswald Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Neuropsychology Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Human Evolution Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
- Paul Flechsig Institute ‐ Center of Neuropathology and Brain Research, Faculty of Medicine Universität Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Neuropsychology Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
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- Department of Neurophysics Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Leipzig Germany
- Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences Leipzig University Leipzig Germany
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- Epidemiology of highly pathogenic microorganisms Robert Koch‐Institute Berlin Germany
- Helmholtz Institute for One Health Greifswald Germany
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- Ape Social Mind Lab Institute of Cognitive Science Marc Jeannerod, UMR 5229, CNRS Lyon France
- Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig Germany
- Taï Chimpanzee Project Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan Ivory Coast
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Adade E, Roos C, Chuma IS, Sylverken AA, Knauf S. No evidence for yaws infection in a small-scale cross-sectional serosurvey in Ghanaian monkeys. Vet Med Sci 2022; 9:507-512. [PMID: 36480449 PMCID: PMC9856988 DOI: 10.1002/vms3.1016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Treponema pallidum (TP) is a spirochaete bacterium with subspecies that in humans cause syphilis (subsp. pallidum), bejel (subsp. endemicum) and yaws (subsp. pertenue; TPE). The latter is target for eradication which requires detailed information on yaws epidemiology. It has been shown that African nonhuman primates (NHPs) are infected with TPE strains that are closely related to the human infecting yaws bacterium. While human yaws infection is known to be endemic in Ghana, there is a paucity of information regarding TPE infection of Ghana's native NHPs. OBJECTIVES The objective was to perform a small-scale cross-sectional serological screening for antibodies against TPE in Ghanaian monkeys. Due to the reports of TPE-infected NHPs from neighbouring Côte d'Ivore, we hypothesised that monkeys in Ghana are infected with TPE and, therefore, are seropositive for antibodies against-Treponema. METHODS We sampled blood from 37 NHPs representing four species: Erythrocebus patas (16/37) 43.2%, Papio anubis (15/37) 40.5%, Chlorocebus sabaeus (3/37) 8.1% and Cercopithecus mona (3/37) 8.1%. Samples were tested using the NHP validated treponemal test ESPLINE TP. RESULTS All 37 animals were seronegative for yaws infection. CONCLUSIONS We cannot exclude yaws infection in NHPs in Ghana at this point. Our study, in combination with the absence of reports of clinically infected NHPs in a yaws endemic country is, however, supportive for the current thinking that interspecies infection with TPE is extremely rare. This is an important finding for the current ongoing yaws eradication campaign.
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- Eugene Adade
- Department of Theoretical and Applied BiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasiGhana,Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasiGhana
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- Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbHLeibniz Institute for Primate ResearchGöttingenGermany
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- Department of Theoretical and Applied BiologyKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasiGhana,Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical MedicineKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyKumasiGhana
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- Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbHLeibniz Institute for Primate ResearchGöttingenGermany,Institute of International Animal Health/One HealthFriedrich‐Loeffler‐InstitutGreifswald ‐ Insel RiemsGermany
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Mathematical modelling Treponema infection in free-ranging Olive baboons (Papio anubis) in Tanzania. Epidemics 2022; 41:100638. [PMID: 36283270 DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2022.100638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Revised: 09/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Yaws is a chronic infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum susp. pertenue (TPE) that was thought to be an exclusive human pathogen but was recently found and confirmed in nonhuman primates. In this paper, we develop the first compartmental ODE model for TPE infection with treatment of wild olive baboons. We solve for disease-free and endemic equilibria and give conditions on local and global stability of the disease-free equilibrium. We calibrate the model based on the data from Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania. We use the model to help the park managers devise an effective strategy for treatment. We show that an increasing treatment rate yields a decrease in disease prevalence. This indicates that TPE can be eliminated through intense management in closed population. Specifically, we show that if the whole population is treated at least once every 5-6 years, a disease-free equilibrium can be reached. Furthermore, we demonstrate that to see a substantial decrease of TPE infection to near-elimination levels within 15 years, the whole population needs to be treated every 2-3 years.
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Fagre AC, Cohen LE, Eskew EA, Farrell M, Glennon E, Joseph MB, Frank HK, Ryan SJ, Carlson CJ, Albery GF. Assessing the risk of human-to-wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health. Ecol Lett 2022; 25:1534-1549. [PMID: 35318793 PMCID: PMC9313783 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to increased concern over transmission of pathogens from humans to animals, and its potential to threaten conservation and public health. To assess this threat, we reviewed published evidence of human-to-wildlife transmission events, with a focus on how such events could threaten animal and human health. We identified 97 verified examples, involving a wide range of pathogens; however, reported hosts were mostly non-human primates or large, long-lived captive animals. Relatively few documented examples resulted in morbidity and mortality, and very few led to maintenance of a human pathogen in a new reservoir or subsequent "secondary spillover" back into humans. We discuss limitations in the literature surrounding these phenomena, including strong evidence of sampling bias towards non-human primates and human-proximate mammals and the possibility of systematic bias against reporting human parasites in wildlife, both of which limit our ability to assess the risk of human-to-wildlife pathogen transmission. We outline how researchers can collect experimental and observational evidence that will expand our capacity for risk assessment for human-to-wildlife pathogen transmission.
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- Anna C. Fagre
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and PathologyCollege of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical SciencesColorado State UniversityFort CollinsColoradoUSA
- Bat Health FoundationFort CollinsColoradoUSA
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew YorkNew York CityUSA
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- Department of BiologyPacific Lutheran UniversityTacomaWashingtonUSA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Disease Dynamics UnitDepartment of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyTulane UniversityNew OrleansLouisinaUSA
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- Quantitative Disease Ecology and Conservation (QDEC) Lab GroupDepartment of GeographyUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFloridaUSA
- Emerging Pathogens InstituteUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFloridaUSA
- School of Life SciencesUniversity of KwaZulu‐NatalDurbanSouth Africa
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- Center for Global Health Science and SecurityGeorgetown University Medical CenterWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaUSA
- Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyGeorgetown University Medical CenterWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaUSA
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- Department of BiologyGeorgetown UniversityWashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaUSA
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Moresco A, Feltrer-Rambaud Y, Wolfman D, Agnew DW. Reproductive one health in primates. Am J Primatol 2021; 84:e23325. [PMID: 34516669 DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
One Health is a collaborative trans-disciplinary approach to health; integrating human, animal, and environmental health. The focus is often on infection disease transmission and disease risk mitigation. However, One Health also includes the multidisciplinary and comparative approach to disease investigation and health of humans, animals, and the environment. One key aspect of environmental/ecosystem health is conservation, the maintenance of healthy, actively reproducing wildlife populations. Reproduction and reproductive health are an integral part of the One Health approach: the comparative aspects of reproduction can inform conservation policies or breeding strategies (in situ and ex situ) in addition to physiology and disease. Differences in reproductive strategies affect the impact poaching and habitat disruption might have on a given population, as well as ex situ breeding programs and the management of zoo and sanctuary populations. Much is known about chimpanzees, macaques, and marmosets as these are common animal models, but there is much that remains unknown regarding reproduction in many other primates. Examining the similarities and differences between and within taxonomic groups allows reasonable extrapolation for decision-making when there are knowledge gaps. For example: (1) knowing that a species has very low reproductive rates adds urgency to conservation policy for that region or species; (2) identifying species with short or absent lactation anestrus allows ex situ institutions to better plan contraception options for specific individuals or prepare for the immediate next pregnancy; (3) recognizing that progestin contraceptives are effective contraceptives, but may be associated with endometrial hyperplasia in some species (in Lemuridae but not great apes) better guides empirical contraceptive choice; (4) recognizing the variable endometriosis prevalence across taxa improves preventive medicine programs. A summary of anatomical variation, endocrinology, contraception, pathology, and diagnostics is provided to illustrate these features and aid in routine physical and postmortem examinations as well as primate management.
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- Anneke Moresco
- International Primate Health & Welfare Group, Madrid, Spain.,Reproductive Health Surveillance Program, Morrison, Colorado, USA
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- International Primate Health & Welfare Group, Madrid, Spain.,EAZA Reproductive Management Group, Chester, UK
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- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, National Capital Region, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Reproductive Health Surveillance Program, Morrison, Colorado, USA.,Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Medkour H, Amona I, Akiana J, Laidoudi Y, Davoust B, Bitam I, Lafri I, Levasseur A, Diatta G, Sokhna C, Hernandez-Aguilar RA, Barciela A, Gorsane S, Banga-Mboko H, Raoult D, Fenollar F, Mediannikov O. Bacterial Infections in Humans and Nonhuman Primates from Africa: Expanding the Knowledge. THE YALE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2021; 94:227-248. [PMID: 34211344 PMCID: PMC8223552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
The close phylogenetic relationship between humans and other primates creates exceptionally high potential for pathogen exchange. The surveillance of pathogens in primates plays an important role in anticipating possible outbreaks. In this study, we conducted a molecular investigation of pathogenic bacteria in feces from African nonhuman primates (NHPs). We also investigated the pathogens shared by the human population and gorillas living in the same territory in the Republic of Congo. In total, 93% of NHPs (n=176) and 95% (n=38) of humans were found to carry at least one bacterium. Non-pallidum Treponema spp. (including T. succinifaciens, T. berlinense, and several potential new species) were recovered from stools of 70% of great apes, 88% of monkeys, and 79% of humans. Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterium spp. were also common in almost all NHP species as well as in humans. In addition, Acinetobacter spp., members of the primate gut microbiota, were mainly prevalent in human and gorilla. Pathogenic Leptospira spp. were highly present in humans (82%) and gorillas (66%) stool samples in Congo, but were absent in the other NHPs, therefore suggesting a possible gorillas-humans exchange. Particular attention will be necessary for enteropathogenic bacteria detected in humans such as Helicobacter pylori, Salmonella spp. (including S. typhi/paratyphi), Staphyloccocus aureus, and Tropheryma whipplei, some of which were also present in gorillas in the same territory (S. aureus and T. whipplei). This study enhances our knowledge of pathogenic bacteria that threaten African NHPs and humans by using a non-invasive sampling technique. Contact between humans and NHPs results in an exchange of pathogens. Ongoing surveillance, prevention, and treatment strategies alone will limit the spread of these infectious agents.
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- Hacène Medkour
- IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France,Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, Microbes, MEPHI,
Marseille, France,PADESCA Laboratory, Veterinary Science Institute,
University Constantine, El Khroub, Algeria,To whom all correspondence should be addressed:
DVM Hacène Medkour, IHU Méditerranée Infection, 19-21, Bd Jean Moulin, 13385
Marseille Cedex 05, France; , ORCID
iD: 0000-0002-5208-2576; Dr. Oleg Mediannikov, IHU Méditerranée Infection,
19-21, Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France;
, ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6039-2008
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- IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France,Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME,
Marseille, France,Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien
NGOUABI, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
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- Laboratoire National de Santé Publique, Brazzaville,
Republic of the Congo
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- IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France,Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, Microbes, MEPHI,
Marseille, France,PADESCA Laboratory, Veterinary Science Institute,
University Constantine, El Khroub, Algeria
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- IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France,Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, Microbes, MEPHI,
Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME,
Marseille, France,Superior School of Food Sciences and Food Industries,
Algiers, Algeria
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- Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME,
Marseille, France,Institute of Veterinary Sciences, University of Blida
1, Blida, Algeria,Laboratory of Biotechnology related to Animal
Reproduction (LBRA), University of Blida 1, Blida, Algeria
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- IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France,Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, Microbes, MEPHI,
Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME,
Marseille, France,IRD VITROME, Dakar, Senegal
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- IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France,Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME,
Marseille, France,IRD VITROME, Dakar, Senegal
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- IRD VITROME, Dakar, Senegal,Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative
Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona,
Spain
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- Jane Goodall Institute Spain and Senegal, Dindefelo
Biological Station, Dindefelo, Kedougou, Senegal
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- Direction interarmées du Service de santé des armées
des Forces Françaises stationnées à Djibouti
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- Ecole Nationale d’Agronomie et de Foresterie,
Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
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- IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France,Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, Microbes, MEPHI,
Marseille, France
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- IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France,Aix-Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME,
Marseille, France
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- IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France,Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, Microbes, MEPHI,
Marseille, France,To whom all correspondence should be addressed:
DVM Hacène Medkour, IHU Méditerranée Infection, 19-21, Bd Jean Moulin, 13385
Marseille Cedex 05, France; , ORCID
iD: 0000-0002-5208-2576; Dr. Oleg Mediannikov, IHU Méditerranée Infection,
19-21, Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France;
, ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6039-2008
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Mubemba B, Gogarten JF, Schuenemann VJ, Düx A, Lang A, Nowak K, Pléh K, Reiter E, Ulrich M, Agbor A, Brazzola G, Deschner T, Dieguez P, Granjon AC, Jones S, Junker J, Wessling E, Arandjelovic M, Kuehl H, Wittig RM, Leendertz FH, Calvignac-Spencer S. Geographically structured genomic diversity of non-human primate-infecting Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue. Microb Genom 2020; 6:mgen000463. [PMID: 33125317 PMCID: PMC7725339 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Many non-human primate species in sub-Saharan Africa are infected with Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue, the bacterium causing yaws in humans. In humans, yaws is often characterized by lesions of the extremities and face, while T. pallidum subsp. pallidum causes venereal syphilis and is typically characterized by primary lesions on the genital, anal or oral mucosae. It remains unclear whether other T. pallidum subspecies found in humans also occur in non-human primates and how the genomic diversity of non-human primate T. pallidum subsp. pertenue lineages is distributed across hosts and space. We observed orofacial and genital lesions in sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) in Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire and collected swabs and biopsies from symptomatic animals. We also collected non-human primate bones from 8 species in Taï National Park and 16 species from 11 other sites across sub-Saharan Africa. Samples were screened for T. pallidum DNA using polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) and we used in-solution hybridization capture to sequence T. pallidum genomes. We generated three nearly complete T. pallidum genomes from biopsies and swabs and detected treponemal DNA in bones of six non-human primate species in five countries, allowing us to reconstruct three partial genomes. Phylogenomic analyses revealed that both orofacial and genital lesions in sooty mangabeys from Taï National Park were caused by T. pallidum subsp. pertenue. We showed that T. pallidum subsp. pertenue has infected non-human primates in Taï National Park for at least 28 years and has been present in two non-human primate species that had not been described as T. pallidum subsp. pertenue hosts in this ecosystem, western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) and western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius), complementing clinical evidence that started accumulating in Taï National Park in 2014. More broadly, simian T. pallidum subsp. pertenue strains did not form monophyletic clades based on host species or the symptoms caused, but rather clustered based on geography. Geographical clustering of T. pallidum subsp. pertenue genomes might be compatible with cross-species transmission of T. pallidum subsp. pertenue within ecosystems or environmental exposure, leading to the acquisition of closely related strains. Finally, we found no evidence for mutations that confer antimicrobial resistance.
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- Benjamin Mubemba
- Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Wildlife Sciences, Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia
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- Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
- Viral Evolution, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
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- Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
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- Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
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- Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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- Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
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- Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
- Viral Evolution, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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