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| Title |
No measurable adverse effects of Lassa, Morogoro and Gairo arenaviruses on their rodent reservoir host in natural conditions
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| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, April 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13071-017-2146-0 |
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| Authors |
Joachim Mariën, Benny Borremans, Sophie Gryseels, Barré Soropogui, Luc De Bruyn, Gédéon Ngiala Bongo, Beate Becker-Ziaja, Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq, Stephan Günther, N’Faly Magassouba, Herwig Leirs, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet |
| Abstract |
In order to optimize net transmission success, parasites are hypothesized to evolve towards causing minimal damage to their reservoir host while obtaining high shedding rates. For many parasite species however this paradigm has not been tested, and conflicting results have been found regarding the effect of arenaviruses on their rodent host species. The rodent Mastomys natalensis is the natural reservoir host of several arenaviruses, including Lassa virus that is known to cause Lassa haemorrhagic fever in humans. Here, we examined the effect of three arenaviruses (Gairo, Morogoro and Lassa virus) on four parameters of wild-caught Mastomys natalensis: body mass, head-body length, sexual maturity and fertility. After correcting for the effect of age, we compared these parameters between arenavirus-positive (arenavirus RNA or antibody) and negative animals using data from different field studies in Guinea (Lassa virus) and Tanzania (Morogoro and Gairo viruses). Although the sample sizes of our studies (1297, 749 and 259 animals respectively) were large enough to statistically detect small differences in body conditions, we did not observe any adverse effects of these viruses on Mastomys natalensis. We did find that sexual maturity was significantly positively related with Lassa virus antibody presence until a certain age, and with Gairo virus antibody presence in general. Gairo virus antibody-positive animals were also significantly heavier and larger than antibody-free animals. Together, these results suggest that the pathogenicity of arenaviruses is not severe in M. natalensis, which is likely to be an adaptation of these viruses to optimize transmission success. They also suggest that sexual behaviour might increase the probability of M. natalensis to become infected with arenaviruses. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 31% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 13% |
| Belgium | 2 | 13% |
| France | 1 | 6% |
| Australia | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 5 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 7 | 44% |
| Members of the public | 5 | 31% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 19% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 74 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 73 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 14 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 19 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 26% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 11 | 15% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 24 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 February 2018.
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#862
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#66,974
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#26
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