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1 August 2002 REPRODUCIBLE INFECTION OF INTACT AOTUS LEMURINUS GRISEIMEMBRA MONKEYS BY PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM SPOROZOITE INOCULATION
Judith Constanza Zapata, Blanca Liliana Perlaza, Silvia Hurtado, Gustavo E. Quintero, Diana Jurado, Iveth González, Pierre Druilhe, Myriam Arévalo-Herrera, Sócrates Herrera
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Abstract

Aotus lemurinus griseimembra is considered one of the best nonhuman primate species for malarial studies because of its susceptibility to infection by Plasmodium falciparum asexual blood stages. However, reproducible transmission of infective P. falciparum sporozoites by mosquito inoculation has been difficult to achieve even in splenectomized monkeys. Characterization of an AotusP. falciparum cyclical transmission model has become a top priority as a result of the significant progress toward the development of preerythrocytic malaria vaccines. Herein, we describe a reproducible model developed using intact A. lemurinus griseimembra monkeys intravenously inoculated with sporozoites from a monkey-adapted P. falciparum (Santa Lucia) strain and a wild Falciparum-Cali-Colombia-4 (FCC-4) strain. Sporozoites were obtained by salivary gland dissection of laboratory-reared Anopheles albimanus mosquitoes. Parasitemia was monitored by thick-smear microscopy, parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) determination, and mosquito xenodiagnosis. The last method proved to be the most sensitive method for monitoring parasitemias. Infection with the Santa Lucia strain showed a mean prepatent period of 16 days (range 6–21 days), whereas infection with the wild FCC-4 strain resulted in a 24-day prepatent period. Mean peak parasite density was approximately 900 parasites/μl for both parasite strains. The prepatent period, the peak of parasitemia, and the duration of patency were independent of the size of the sporozoite inoculum and the presence of spleen in the host. This model is being successfully used to test the protective efficacy of P. falciparum preerythrocytic vaccine candidates.

Judith Constanza Zapata, Blanca Liliana Perlaza, Silvia Hurtado, Gustavo E. Quintero, Diana Jurado, Iveth González, Pierre Druilhe, Myriam Arévalo-Herrera, and Sócrates Herrera "REPRODUCIBLE INFECTION OF INTACT AOTUS LEMURINUS GRISEIMEMBRA MONKEYS BY PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM SPOROZOITE INOCULATION," Journal of Parasitology 88(4), 723-729, (1 August 2002). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0723:RIOIAL]2.0.CO;2
Received: 23 March 2001; Accepted: 1 November 2001; Published: 1 August 2002
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