ABSTRACT: Telemetry devices (DSI, model L11) with blood pressure sensors and electrocardiogram (ECG) leads were surgically implanted in two malaria-naive male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), approximately three years of age. After a resting period of two weeks, physiological data that include activity, temperature, ECG, and blood pressure were continuously collected. Two weeks after activation of the telemetry implant, the macaques were inoculated intravenously with cryopreserved P. knowlesi Malayan strain salivary gland sporozoites, obtained from Anopheles dirus infected with parasites from the Pk1A+ clone. The P. knowlesi sporozoites were produced, isolated and cryopreserved at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After inoculation, the macaques were profiled for clinical, hematological, parasitological, immunological, functional genomic, lipidomic, proteomic, metabolomic, telemetric and histopathological measurements. The experiment was designed for pathology studies, with terminal necropsies on days 11 (RKy15) or 19 (Red16). The anti-malarial drug artemether was subcuratively administered selectively to one subject (REd16) during the primary parasitemia to suppress clinical complications. Capillary blood samples were collected daily for the measurement of complete blood counts, reticulocytes, and parasitemias. Capillary blood samples were collected every other day to obtain plasma for metabolomic analysis. Venous blood and bone marrow samples were collected at five timepoints for functional genomic, proteomic, lipidomic, and immunological analyses. Physiological data were continuously captured via telemetry.
Within the MaHPIC, this project is known as 'Experiment 30'. This dataset was produced by Dean Jones at Emory University. To access other publicly available results from 'E30' and other MaHPIC Experiments, including clinical results (specifics on drugs administered, diet, and veterinary interventions), and other omics, visit http://plasmodb.org/plasmo/mahpic.jsp. This page will be updated as datasets are released to the public. The experimental design and protocols for this study were approved by the Emory University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and the MRMC Office of Research Protection Animal Care and Use Review Office (ACURO).
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