Gametocyte clearance kinetics determined by quantitative magnetic fractionation in Melanesian children with uncomplicated malaria treated with artemisinin combination therapy
dc.contributor.author | Karl, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Laman, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Moore, Brioni | |
dc.contributor.author | Benjamin, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Koleala, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ibam, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kasian, B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Siba, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Waltmann, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mueller, I. | |
dc.contributor.author | Woodward, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | St Pierre, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Davis, T. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T11:56:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T11:56:35Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016-11-03T19:30:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Karl, S. and Laman, M. and Moore, B. and Benjamin, J. and Koleala, T. and Ibam, C. and Kasian, B. et al. 2015. Gametocyte clearance kinetics determined by quantitative magnetic fractionation in Melanesian children with uncomplicated malaria treated with artemisinin combination therapy. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 59 (8): pp. 4489-4496. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16572 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1128/AAC.00136-15 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.Quantitative magnetic fractionation and a published mathematical model were used to characterize between-treatment differences in gametocyte density and prevalence in 70 Papua New Guinean children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum and/or Plasmodium vivax malaria randomized to one of two artemisinin combination therapies (artemether-lumefantrine or artemisinin-naphthoquine) in an intervention trial. There was an initial rise in peripheral P. falciparum gametocyte density with both treatments, but it was more pronounced in the artemisinin-naphthoquine group. Model-derived estimates of the median pretreatment sequestered gametocyte population were 21/µl for artemether-lumefantrine and 61/µl for artemisinin-naphthoquine (P < 0.001). The median time for P. falciparum gametocyte density to fall to <2.5/µl (below which transmission becomes unlikely) was 16 days in the artemether-lumefantrine group and 20 days in artemisinin-naphthoquine group (P < 0.001). Gametocyte prevalence modeling suggested that artemisinin-naphthoquine-treated children became gametocytemic faster (median, 2.2 days) than artemether-lumefantrine-treated children (median, 5.3 days; P < 0.001) and had a longer median P. falciparum gametocyte carriage time per individual (20 versus 13 days; P < 0.001). Clearance of P. vivax gametocytes was rapid (within 3 days) in both groups; however, consistent with the reappearance of asexual forms in the main trial, nearly 40% of children in the artemether-lumefantrine group developed P. vivax gametocytemia between days 28 and 42 compared with 3% of children in the artemisinin-naphthoquine group. These data suggest that artemisinin is less active than artemether against sequestered gametocytes. Greater initial gametocyte release after artemisinin-naphthoquine increases the period of potential P. falciparum transmission by 4 days relative to artemether-lumefantrine, but the longer elimination half-life of naphthoquine than of lumefantrine suppresses P. vivax recurrence and consequent gametocytemia. | |
dc.publisher | American Society for Microbiology | |
dc.title | Gametocyte clearance kinetics determined by quantitative magnetic fractionation in Melanesian children with uncomplicated malaria treated with artemisinin combination therapy | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 59 | |
dcterms.source.number | 8 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 4489 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 4496 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0066-4804 | |
dcterms.source.title | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | |
curtin.department | School of Pharmacy | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access via publisher |
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