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Metanetwork Transmission Model for Predicting a Malaria-Control Strategy
Background: Mosquitoes are the primary vectors responsible for malaria transmission to humans, with numerous experiments having been conducted to aid in the control of malaria transmission. One of the main approaches aims to develop malaria parasite resistance within the mosquito population by intro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199348/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30386373 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00446 |
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author | Li, Bo Liu, Xiao Wang, Wen-Juan Zhao, Feng An, Zhi-Yong Zhao, Hai |
author_facet | Li, Bo Liu, Xiao Wang, Wen-Juan Zhao, Feng An, Zhi-Yong Zhao, Hai |
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description | Background: Mosquitoes are the primary vectors responsible for malaria transmission to humans, with numerous experiments having been conducted to aid in the control of malaria transmission. One of the main approaches aims to develop malaria parasite resistance within the mosquito population by introducing a resistance (R) allele. However, when considering this approach, some critical factors, such as the life of the mosquito, female mosquito fertility capacity, and human and mosquito mobility, have not been considered. Thus, an understanding of how mosquitoes and humans affect disease dynamics is needed to better inform malaria control policymaking. Methods: In this study, a method was proposed to create a metanetwork on the basis of the geographic maps of Gambia, and a model was constructed to simulate evolution within a mixed population, with factors such as birth, death, reproduction, biting, infection, incubation, recovery, and transmission between populations considered in the network metrics. First, the same number of refractory mosquitoes (RR genotype) was introduced into each population, and the prevalence of the R allele (the ratio of resistant alleles to all alleles) and malaria were examined. In addition, a series of simulations were performed to evaluate two different deployment strategies for the reduction of the prevalence of malaria. The R allele and malaria prevalence were calculated for both the strategies, with 10,000 refractory mosquitoes deployed into randomly selected populations or selection based on nodes with top-betweenness values. The 10,000 mosquitoes were deployed among 1, 5, 10, 20, or 40 populations. Results: The simulations in this paper showed that a higher RR genotype (resistant-resistant genes) ratio leads to a higher R allele prevalence and lowers malaria prevalence. Considering the cost of deployment, the simulation was performed with 10,000 refractory mosquitoes deployed among 1 or 5 populations, but this approach did not reduce the original malaria prevalence. Thus, instead, the 10,000 refractory mosquitoes were distributed among 10, 20, or 40 populations and were shown to effectively reduce the original malaria prevalence. Thus, deployment among a relatively small fraction of central nodes can offer an effective strategy to reduce malaria. Conclusion: The standard network centrality measure is suitable for planning the deployment of refractory mosquitoes. Importance: Malaria is an infectious disease that is caused by a plasmodial parasite, and some control strategies have focused on genetically modifying the mosquitoes. This work aims to create a model that takes into account mosquito development and malaria transmission among the population and how these factors influence disease dynamics so as to better inform malaria-control policymaking. |
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spelling | pubmed-61993482018-11-01 Metanetwork Transmission Model for Predicting a Malaria-Control Strategy Li, Bo Liu, Xiao Wang, Wen-Juan Zhao, Feng An, Zhi-Yong Zhao, Hai Front Genet Genetics Background: Mosquitoes are the primary vectors responsible for malaria transmission to humans, with numerous experiments having been conducted to aid in the control of malaria transmission. One of the main approaches aims to develop malaria parasite resistance within the mosquito population by introducing a resistance (R) allele. However, when considering this approach, some critical factors, such as the life of the mosquito, female mosquito fertility capacity, and human and mosquito mobility, have not been considered. Thus, an understanding of how mosquitoes and humans affect disease dynamics is needed to better inform malaria control policymaking. Methods: In this study, a method was proposed to create a metanetwork on the basis of the geographic maps of Gambia, and a model was constructed to simulate evolution within a mixed population, with factors such as birth, death, reproduction, biting, infection, incubation, recovery, and transmission between populations considered in the network metrics. First, the same number of refractory mosquitoes (RR genotype) was introduced into each population, and the prevalence of the R allele (the ratio of resistant alleles to all alleles) and malaria were examined. In addition, a series of simulations were performed to evaluate two different deployment strategies for the reduction of the prevalence of malaria. The R allele and malaria prevalence were calculated for both the strategies, with 10,000 refractory mosquitoes deployed into randomly selected populations or selection based on nodes with top-betweenness values. The 10,000 mosquitoes were deployed among 1, 5, 10, 20, or 40 populations. Results: The simulations in this paper showed that a higher RR genotype (resistant-resistant genes) ratio leads to a higher R allele prevalence and lowers malaria prevalence. Considering the cost of deployment, the simulation was performed with 10,000 refractory mosquitoes deployed among 1 or 5 populations, but this approach did not reduce the original malaria prevalence. Thus, instead, the 10,000 refractory mosquitoes were distributed among 10, 20, or 40 populations and were shown to effectively reduce the original malaria prevalence. Thus, deployment among a relatively small fraction of central nodes can offer an effective strategy to reduce malaria. Conclusion: The standard network centrality measure is suitable for planning the deployment of refractory mosquitoes. Importance: Malaria is an infectious disease that is caused by a plasmodial parasite, and some control strategies have focused on genetically modifying the mosquitoes. This work aims to create a model that takes into account mosquito development and malaria transmission among the population and how these factors influence disease dynamics so as to better inform malaria-control policymaking. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6199348/ /pubmed/30386373 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00446 Text en Copyright © 2018 Li, Liu, Wang, Zhao, An and Zhao. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Genetics Li, Bo Liu, Xiao Wang, Wen-Juan Zhao, Feng An, Zhi-Yong Zhao, Hai Metanetwork Transmission Model for Predicting a Malaria-Control Strategy |
title | Metanetwork Transmission Model for Predicting a Malaria-Control Strategy |
title_full | Metanetwork Transmission Model for Predicting a Malaria-Control Strategy |
title_fullStr | Metanetwork Transmission Model for Predicting a Malaria-Control Strategy |
title_full_unstemmed | Metanetwork Transmission Model for Predicting a Malaria-Control Strategy |
title_short | Metanetwork Transmission Model for Predicting a Malaria-Control Strategy |
title_sort | metanetwork transmission model for predicting a malaria-control strategy |
topic | Genetics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199348/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30386373 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00446 |
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