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Humoral immune response against Anopheles bites as a measure of exposure to Plasmodium falciparum in asymptomatic infections in a malaria endemic area of Colombia
Abstract Background The humoral immune response against Anopheles salivary glands proteins in the vertebrate host can reflect the intensity of exposure to Anopheles bites and the risk of Plasmodium infection. In Colombia, the identification of exposure biomarkers is necessary due to the several Anopheles species circulating. The purpose of this study was to evaluate human exposure to Anopheles bite by measuring antibody responses against salivary glands extracts from An. albimanus and An. darlingi and also against the gSG6-P1 peptide of An. gambiae in asymptomatic P. falciparum infections in the Colombian Pacific coast.Methods We eluted dried blood spots samples to measure the IgG antibodies against salivary gland extracts of An. albimanus and An. darlingi and the gSG6-P1 peptide by ELISA in uninfected people and microscopic and submicroscopic Plasmodium carriers from the Colombia Pacific Coast. A multiple linear mixed regression model, Spearman correlation, and Mann-Whitney U-test were used to analyze IgG data.Results Significant differences in specific IgG levels were detected between infected and uninfected groups for salivary glands extracts from An. albimanus and for gSG6-P1, also IgG response to CTG and gSG6-P1 peptide were positively associated with the IgG response to P. falciparum in the mixed model.Conclusion The CTG and STE An. albimanus salivary glands extracts are a potential source of new Anopheles salivary biomarkers to identify exposure to the main malaria vector in the Colombian Pacific coast. Also, the gSG6-P1 peptide has the potential to quantify human exposure to the subgenus Anopheles vectors in the same area.