POPULATION-GENETICS OF TRYPANOSOMA-BRUCEI AND THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HUMAN SLEEPING SICKNESS IN THE LAMBWE VALLEY, KENYA

被引:30
作者
MIHOK, S
OTIENO, LH
DARJI, N
机构
[1] International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi
关键词
epidemiology; genetics; isoenzymes; Kenya; Trypanosoma brucei;
D O I
10.1017/S0031182000061229
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Numerical taxonomy was used to review isoenzyme variation in isolates of Trypanosoma brucei obtained from cattle, tsetse, humans and wildlife from the Lambwe Valley, Kenya. From isoenzyme information alone, it was possible to classify isolates as to source through the use of linear discriminant functions analysis, with an error rate of only 2% in humans, and 14% over all groups. Differentiation was mostly dependent on patterns in the enzymes ASAT, PEP1, and ICD. Parasites from non-human sources, especially tsetse, were characterized by high isoenzyme diversity, and many unique zymodemes. Observed frequencies of genotypes for ICD, ALAT, and ASAT did not agree with expected frequencies based on random mating of a diploid organism. Deviations were particularly large for tsetse isolates, and were mostly due to a deficiency of one homozygote. Cluster analysis revealed complex relationships among isolates, with patterns evolving through time. Major human zymodemes from the 1970s clustered together with most wildlife isolates from East Africa. This chronic human-wildlife transmission cycle was characterized by ASAT pattern I. Other, minor human zymodemes were associated with a human-cattle transmission cycle characterized by ASAT pattern VII. These original chronic transmission cycles appeared to change in 1980 with the appearance of two new zymodemes in humans. These zymodemes involved changes in ALAT and/or PGM to patterns typical of tsetse and cattle isolates. A resultant epidemic was halted with repeated aerial spraying of endosulfan in 1981. Since then, a variety of new zymodemes of unknown human infectivity have appeared. The origins of these changes are discussed in terms of genetic exchange in tsetse, adaptation to human and cattle transmission cycles, and selection resulting from chronic use of insecticides. © 1990, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
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