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First evaluation of antibody responses to Culex quinquefasciatus salivary antigens as a serological biomarker of human exposure to Culex bites: A pilot study in Côte d’Ivoire
BACKGROUND: Culex mosquitoes are vectors for a variety of pathogens of public health concern. New indicators of exposure to Culex bites are needed to evaluate the risk of transmission of associated pathogens and to assess the efficacy of vector control strategies. An alternative to entomological ind...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8699949/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34898609 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010004 |
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author | Zamble, Bi Zamble H. Yao, Serge S. Adja, Akré M. Bakli, Mahfoud Zoh, Dounin D. Mathieu-Daudé, Françoise Assi, Serge B. Remoue, Franck Almeras, Lionel Poinsignon, Anne |
author_facet | Zamble, Bi Zamble H. Yao, Serge S. Adja, Akré M. Bakli, Mahfoud Zoh, Dounin D. Mathieu-Daudé, Françoise Assi, Serge B. Remoue, Franck Almeras, Lionel Poinsignon, Anne |
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description | BACKGROUND: Culex mosquitoes are vectors for a variety of pathogens of public health concern. New indicators of exposure to Culex bites are needed to evaluate the risk of transmission of associated pathogens and to assess the efficacy of vector control strategies. An alternative to entomological indices is the serological measure of antibodies specific to mosquito salivary antigens. This study investigated whether the human IgG response to both the salivary gland extract and the 30 kDa salivary protein of Culex quinquefasciatus may represent a proxy of human exposure to Culex bites. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A multidisciplinary survey was conducted with children aged 1 to 14 years living in neighborhoods with varying exposure to Culex quinquefasciatus in the city of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire. Children living in sites with high exposure to Cx quinquefasciatus had a significantly higher IgG response to both salivary antigens compared with children living in the control site where only very few Culex were recorded. Moreover, children from any Culex-high exposed sites had significantly higher IgG responses only to the salivary gland extract compared with children from the control village, whereas no difference was noted in the anti-30 kDa IgG response. No significant differences were noted in the specific IgG responses between age and gender. Sites and the use of a bed net were associated with the level of IgG response to the salivary gland extract and to the 30 kDa antigen, respectively. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: These findings suggest that the IgG response to Culex salivary gland extracts is suitable as proxy of exposure; however, the specificity to the Culex genus needs further investigation. The lower antigenicity of the 30 kDa recombinant protein represents a limitation to its use. The high specificity of this protein to the Culex genus makes it an attractive candidate and other specific antibody responses might be more relevant as a biomarker of exposure. These epidemiological observations may form a starting point for additional work on developing serological biomarkers of Culex exposure. |
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spelling | pubmed-86999492021-12-24 First evaluation of antibody responses to Culex quinquefasciatus salivary antigens as a serological biomarker of human exposure to Culex bites: A pilot study in Côte d’Ivoire Zamble, Bi Zamble H. Yao, Serge S. Adja, Akré M. Bakli, Mahfoud Zoh, Dounin D. Mathieu-Daudé, Françoise Assi, Serge B. Remoue, Franck Almeras, Lionel Poinsignon, Anne PLoS Negl Trop Dis Research Article BACKGROUND: Culex mosquitoes are vectors for a variety of pathogens of public health concern. New indicators of exposure to Culex bites are needed to evaluate the risk of transmission of associated pathogens and to assess the efficacy of vector control strategies. An alternative to entomological indices is the serological measure of antibodies specific to mosquito salivary antigens. This study investigated whether the human IgG response to both the salivary gland extract and the 30 kDa salivary protein of Culex quinquefasciatus may represent a proxy of human exposure to Culex bites. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A multidisciplinary survey was conducted with children aged 1 to 14 years living in neighborhoods with varying exposure to Culex quinquefasciatus in the city of Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire. Children living in sites with high exposure to Cx quinquefasciatus had a significantly higher IgG response to both salivary antigens compared with children living in the control site where only very few Culex were recorded. Moreover, children from any Culex-high exposed sites had significantly higher IgG responses only to the salivary gland extract compared with children from the control village, whereas no difference was noted in the anti-30 kDa IgG response. No significant differences were noted in the specific IgG responses between age and gender. Sites and the use of a bed net were associated with the level of IgG response to the salivary gland extract and to the 30 kDa antigen, respectively. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: These findings suggest that the IgG response to Culex salivary gland extracts is suitable as proxy of exposure; however, the specificity to the Culex genus needs further investigation. The lower antigenicity of the 30 kDa recombinant protein represents a limitation to its use. The high specificity of this protein to the Culex genus makes it an attractive candidate and other specific antibody responses might be more relevant as a biomarker of exposure. These epidemiological observations may form a starting point for additional work on developing serological biomarkers of Culex exposure. Public Library of Science 2021-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8699949/ /pubmed/34898609 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010004 Text en © 2021 Zamble et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Zamble, Bi Zamble H. Yao, Serge S. Adja, Akré M. Bakli, Mahfoud Zoh, Dounin D. Mathieu-Daudé, Françoise Assi, Serge B. Remoue, Franck Almeras, Lionel Poinsignon, Anne First evaluation of antibody responses to Culex quinquefasciatus salivary antigens as a serological biomarker of human exposure to Culex bites: A pilot study in Côte d’Ivoire |
title | First evaluation of antibody responses to Culex quinquefasciatus salivary antigens as a serological biomarker of human exposure to Culex bites: A pilot study in Côte d’Ivoire |
title_full | First evaluation of antibody responses to Culex quinquefasciatus salivary antigens as a serological biomarker of human exposure to Culex bites: A pilot study in Côte d’Ivoire |
title_fullStr | First evaluation of antibody responses to Culex quinquefasciatus salivary antigens as a serological biomarker of human exposure to Culex bites: A pilot study in Côte d’Ivoire |
title_full_unstemmed | First evaluation of antibody responses to Culex quinquefasciatus salivary antigens as a serological biomarker of human exposure to Culex bites: A pilot study in Côte d’Ivoire |
title_short | First evaluation of antibody responses to Culex quinquefasciatus salivary antigens as a serological biomarker of human exposure to Culex bites: A pilot study in Côte d’Ivoire |
title_sort | first evaluation of antibody responses to culex quinquefasciatus salivary antigens as a serological biomarker of human exposure to culex bites: a pilot study in côte d’ivoire |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8699949/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34898609 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010004 |
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