A High Burden of Asymptomatic Gastrointestinal Infections in Traditional Communities in Papua New Guinea

Paul F. Horwood Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea;
Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia;

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Kevin W. Soli Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea;

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Tobias Maure Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea;

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Yuichi I. Naito Department of Biogeochemistry, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan;

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Ayako Morita Department of Human Ecology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;

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Kazumi Natsuhara Faculty of Nursing, The Japanese Red Cross Akita College of Nursing, Akita, Japan;

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Kiyoshi Tadokoro Department of Human Ecology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;

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Jun Baba Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo, Japan;

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Shingo Odani Faculty of Letter, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan;

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Eriko Tomitsuka Department of Human Ecology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;
Department of Health Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Sciences, Niigata City, Japan;

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Katsura Igai Department of Human Ecology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan;

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Jo-Ann Larkins School of Applied and Biomedical Sciences, Federation University Australia, Victoria, Australia;

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Peter M. Siba Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea;

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William Pomat Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea;

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Emma S. McBryde Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

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Masahiro Umezaki Department of Human Ecology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;

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Andrew R. Greenhill Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea;
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Stool samples were collected from 148 healthy adults living a traditional subsistence lifestyle in Papua New Guinea and screened for enteric pathogens using real-time RT-PCR/PCR assays. Enteric pathogens were detected in a high proportion (41%) of individuals. Clear differences were observed in the detection of pathogens between highland and lowland communities. In particular, there was a marked difference in detection rates of norovirus GII (20% and 0%, respectively) and Shigella sp. (15% and 0%, respectively). Analysis of the relationship between enteric pathogen carriage and microbial community composition of participants, using box plots to compare specific normal flora population numbers, did not suggest that gut microbial composition was directly associated with pathogen carriage. This study suggests that enteric pathogens are common in healthy individuals in Papua New Guinean highland communities, presumably acting as a reservoir of infection and thus contributing to a high burden of gastrointestinal illnesses.

Gastrointestinal infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, particularly in children.1 In developing countries, where the greatest burden of diarrheal mortalities occur, gastrointestinal infections can also contribute to poor educational outcomes and reduced growth rates in children.2 In communities with poor access to sanitation and safe water sources, a cycle of individual infection, followed by pathogen shedding into the environment through diarrhea or asymptomatic excretion, potentially leads to dissemination of infection in the community. This cycle can have major implications on the health and wealth of the community, contributing to the maintenance of the “poverty trap.”3 In this study, we investigated the asymptomatic carriage of viral and bacterial enteric pathogens by adults in three traditional populations in remote regions of Papua New Guinea, and searched for correlations between pathogen carriage and previously determined gut microbial community composition data.

Stool samples were collected from participants in two highland regions of Papua New Guinea from February through March 2012 and one lowland site in September 2012, as outlined previously.4 Demographic data, history of recent antibiotic use, and dietary information were also collected as previously discussed.4,5 Participants were excluded from the study if they reported diarrhea or antibiotic use in the past 2 weeks before sample collection.

Nucleic acids were extracted from stool samples using a modified phenol/chlorophorm extraction method6 and tested for a range of bacterial and viral enteric pathogens using previously published real-time PCR/RT-PCR assays (as outlined in Soli et al.7). The pathogens targeted in this study were the viruses: rotavirus, norovirus GI and GII, adenovirus types 40 and 41, sapovirus, and astrovirus; and the bacteria: Salmonella spp., Shigella spp. (or potentially enteroinvasive Escherichia coli; EIEC), Vibrio cholerae, Campylobacter spp., enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), and enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC). In addition, eluates from stool samples were also tested for the presence of Helicobacter pylori using real-time PCR.8 Statistical analyses were calculated in Excel (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA) and SPSS Statistics 20 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY).

Fisher’s exact tests were used to determine if associations existed between certain sociodemographic parameters and pathogen carriage. Our group previously used a qPCR approach to investigate the gut microbiota of these human populations.4 Pathogen carriage data from this study and the microbiota composition data from our previous study4 were analyzed to determine if associations existed between the abundance of certain groups of bacteria and the carriage of enteric pathogens, using box plots to compare specific normal flora population numbers in carriage-positive and carriage-negative participants. These analyses were conducted on all participants for which both pathogen carriage and microbiota results were available (N = 115; i.e., all participants who we were able to conduct microbial composition analyses on4).

Ethical approval for this study was granted by the PNG Institute of Medical Research Institutional Review Board (Ethics #10.25) and the PNG Medical Research Advisory Council (Ethics #11.25). Stool samples were collected from healthy people after the collection of written informed consent from all participants.

A total of 148 stool samples were collected from healthy adults living a traditional, subsistence lifestyle in rural villages of Papua New Guinea. Samples were collected from two highland regions, the Asaro Valley, Eastern Highlands Province (N = 50), and the Tari Basin, Hela Province (N = 59); and one lowland region, East Maprik, East Sepik Province (N = 39). The demographic and nutritional characteristics of these populations have been described elsewhere.4,5

Overall, the most commonly detected pathogens were norovirus GII (15%, N = 22), Shigella spp. (11%, N = 16), EPEC (11%, N = 16), H. pylori (8%, N = 12), ETEC (7%, N = 10), norovirus GI (4%, N = 6), Campylobacter spp. (4%, N = 6), and sapovirus (1%, N = 2). Salmonella spp., V. cholerae, adenovirus 40/41, rotavirus, and astrovirus were not detected in any samples. In total, enteric pathogens were detected in 41% (N = 61) of the participants.

Significant differences were noted between highland communities versus lowland communities in the carriage rate of any pathogen (P value < 0.0001), viral pathogens (P value < 0.0001), and bacterial pathogens (P value = 0.0027) (Table 1). In particular, the carriage of norovirus GII (20% versus 0%) and Shigella sp. (15% versus 0%) was markedly higher in highland versus lowland communities, respectively. Indeed, almost all enteric pathogens were detected only in the two highland communities and not in the lowland communities, with the exception of EPEC and ETEC. There was no observable difference in population numbers of key groups of the normal gut flora in study participants who were pathogen carriage positive compared with those who were negative for the carriage of pathogens (Figure 1).

Table 1

The frequency of enteric pathogen detection in healthy participants from traditional communities in Papua New Guinea

Highland sitesLowland site (N = 39) (%)Total (N = 148) (%)
Characteristics1* (N = 50) (%)2 (N = 59) (%)Total (N = 109) (%)
Tested positive for a pathogen5449511341
Tested positive for a virus262727020
Tested positive for a bacteria4037391331
Adenovirus 40/4100000
Astrovirus00000
Norovirus GI010604
Norovirus GII261520015
Rotavirus00000
Sapovirus03201
Campylobacter sp.102604
EPEC§167111011
ETEC§015837
Helicobacter pylori1671108
Salmonella sp.00000
Shigella sp.121715011
Vibrio cholerae00000

Asaro Valley, Eastern Highlands Province.

Tari Basin, Hela Province.

East Maprik, East Sepik Province.

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC); enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC).

Figure 1.
Figure 1.

Box plots comparing numbers of key bacterial communities in carriage positive and carriage negative individuals. (A) Bacteriodetes vs. any pathogen; (B) Bacteroides fragilis vs. any pathogen; (C) Prevotella spp. vs. any pathogen; (D) Firmicutes vs. any pathogen; (E) Enterobacteriaceae vs. any pathogen; (F) Total Lactobacillus vs. any pathogen; (G) Total bacteria vs. any pathogen. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.

Citation: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 97, 6; 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0282

Our study detected unexpectedly high rates of pathogen carriage, particularly norovirus and shigella, in asymptomatic people in the highland communities in Papua New Guinea. Neither norovirus GII nor Shigella are typically associated with asymptomatic carriage. The Global Enteric Multicenter Study found only low asymptomatic carriage of both norovirus GII and Shigella spp. in healthy controls.9 A study conducted in 399 healthy adults in Australia found no asymptomatic carriage of noroviruses in that population.10 To date, there has been only one diarrheal etiology study in Papua New Guinea that included noroviruses in the testing. This study found that norovirus GII and norovirus GI were present in 6% and 3.5% of pediatric hospitalizations associated with acute watery diarrhea, respectively.7

The most concerning finding of this study is the evidence of a high rate of asymptomatic carriage of Shigella in highland communities. The Global Burden of Disease Study determined that shigellosis was one of the most important contributors to all-age DALYs in both 1990 and 2010, and within the diarrheal diseases, it was the second leading cause of all-age deaths.11,12 Similarly, the recent Global Enteric Multicenter Study conducted in four African and three Asian nations showed Shigella to be a significant cause of moderate to severe diarrhea.9 Shigella is arguably the leading cause of moderate to severe diarrhea/dysentery in adults globally; and with the recommendation by WHO for the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine in all countries,13 Shigella is likely to become the leading cause of serious diarrheal illness and death due to diarrhea in children globally. Furthermore, the clinical management of Shigella is increasingly challenging because of the widespread prevalence of antibiotic-resistant strains.14

Evidence presented here along with previous data from diarrheal etiology studies suggests that this setting is highly endemic for Shigella; resulting in high exposure and temporary carriage. Currently, there is no reliable way to distinguish Shigella from EIEC when using molecular detection directly on stool samples, as both pathogens contain the ipah gene. However, EIEC is rarely isolated in Papua New Guinea. The limited number of diarrheal etiology studies conducted to date in Papua New Guinea provide evidence that Shigella spp. are among the most common cause of diarrheal illnesses, for both children7,15 and the general population.16 Indeed, this pathogen has also been linked with large, mortality-associated outbreaks in displaced populations in this country.17 Because of the cross-sectional design of this study, we cannot account for dynamic fluctuations in microbiota “normal flora” and enteric pathogen carriage. Indeed, persistent shedding of Shigella sp. has been documented in some people after infection,18 so a recent outbreak of Shigella in highland communities > 2 weeks before the sampling missions cannot be discounted. However, the high rate of Shigella positivity in both highland communities, separated by considerable distance geographically (> 14 hours by road transport) and both relatively isolated from mainstream PNG society, would suggest that any such outbreaks would be unrelated. Further analysis on other remote highland communities, ideally with larger cohorts of participants and longitudinal sampling, are needed to further investigate the mechanism responsible for this high carriage rate and the possibility of an association with gut microbiota.

The reason for disparities in pathogen detection between highland and lowland communities is not known. Our analyses did not suggest that gut microbial composition was directly associated with pathogen carriage. However, our previous research revealed differences in the microbial community composition between highland and lowland people.4 This observation is based on quantitative PCR analysis of selected species/genera of the gut microbial community. There are limitations to this approach compared with 16S metagenomic sequence analysis. Although the targeted PCR approach undertaken in our previous study is sufficiently sensitive to detect community differences, it may be unable to detect subtle difference in community composition that may be present in carriage-positive participants compared with carriage negative participants.

Water, hygiene, and sanitation data were not collected as part of this study; however, it is conceivable that this was a factor. Customs and practices differ among the different language groups in PNG; as well as access to improved water. In communities where there is poor sanitation and limited access to safe water sources, there is continual exposure to enteric pathogens. As a result, there is a much higher burden of diarrheal and other enteric illnesses due to the constant consumption of these organisms. Papua New Guinea has the highest incidence of diarrhea in the Western Pacific Region for children < 5 years old; moreover, the decline in diarrheal incidence between 1990 and 2010 in Papua New Guinea has been modest by regional and global standards.19 Recent reports have stated that Papua New Guinea is one of only three countries globally with rates of access to safe water sources below 50%20, which undoubtedly contributed to the recent cholera outbreak in the country.21 Further research is needed to determine the factors leading to the high rates of pathogen carriage observed in the highland populations included in this study.

Acknowledgments:

We thank all study participants for their contribution to this study. The authors acknowledge the efforts of Tsuji H, Ogata K, Nomoto K (Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo, Japan) for performing qPCR to determine gut microbial composition.

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Author Notes

Address correspondence to Paul F. Horwood, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns 4870, Queensland, Australia. E-mail: paul.horwood@jcu.edu.au

Financial support: Funding was provided by the Funding Program for Next Generation World-Leading Researchers (PI: Masahiro UMEZAKI, LS024); Partners in Tropical Health, funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and the ICRAS internal grant scheme from the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PIs: Paul Horwood and Andrew Greenhill).

Authors’ addresses: Paul F. Horwood, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia, E-mail: paul.horwood@jcu.edu.au. Kevin W. Soli, Tobias Maure, and William Pomat, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Environmental and Emerging Diseases Unit, Goroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, E-mails: lfi6@cdc.gov, tobias.maure@pngimr.org.pg, and william.pomat@pngimr.org. Yuichi I. Naito, Department of Biogeochemistry, Kaiyo Kenkyu Kaihatsu Kiko, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, E-mail: yuichi.naito@ifg.uni-tuebingen.de. Ayako Morita, Kiyoshi Tadokoro, Eriko Tomitsuka, Katsura Igai, and Masahiro Umezaki, Department of Human Ecology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, E-mail: morita.hlth@tmd.ac.jp, tadokoro@gipc.akita-u.ac.jp, etomitsu@east.ncc.go.jp, kigai@bio.titech.ac.jp, and umezaki@humeco.m.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Kazumi Natsuhara, Faculty of Nursing, The Japanese Red Cross Akita College of Nursing, Akita, Japan, E-mail: natsuhara@rcakita.ac.jp. Jun Baba, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo, Japan, E-mail: tumbuna-passin99@nifty.com. Shingo Odani, Faculty of Letter, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan, E-mail: odani@l.chiba-u.ac.jp. Jo-Ann Larkins and Andrew R. Greenhill, School of Applied and Biomedical Sciences, Federation University Australia, Gippsland, Australia, E-mail: jo-ann.larkins@federation.edu.au and andrew.greenhill@federation.edu.au. Peter M. Siba, Directorate, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, E-mail: Peter.Siba@pngimr.org.pg. Emma S. McBryde, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Medicine and Dentistry, JCU Douglas, Townsville, Australia, E-mail: emma.mcbryde@jcu.edu.au.

  • Figure 1.

    Box plots comparing numbers of key bacterial communities in carriage positive and carriage negative individuals. (A) Bacteriodetes vs. any pathogen; (B) Bacteroides fragilis vs. any pathogen; (C) Prevotella spp. vs. any pathogen; (D) Firmicutes vs. any pathogen; (E) Enterobacteriaceae vs. any pathogen; (F) Total Lactobacillus vs. any pathogen; (G) Total bacteria vs. any pathogen. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.

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    World Health Organization, 2009. Diarrhoeal Diseases. Available at: http://www.who.int/vaccine_research/diseases/diarrhoeal/en/index.html. Accessed February 2, 2017.

    • PubMed
    • Export Citation
  • 2.

    Bartram J, Lewis K, Lenton R, Wright A, 2005. Focusing on improved water and sanitation for health. Lancet 365: 810812.

  • 3.

    Bonds MH, Keenan DC, Rohani P, Sachs JD, 2010. Poverty trap formed by the ecology of infectious diseases. Proc Biol Sci 277: 11851192.

  • 4.

    Greenhill AR et al. 2015. Characterization of the gut microbiota of Papua New Guineans using reverse transcription quantitative PCR. PLoS One 10: e0117427.

  • 5.

    Morita A et al. 2015. Development, validation, and use of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for assessing protein intake in Papua New Guinean Highlanders. Am J Hum Biol 27: 349357.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 6.

    Matsuda K, Tsuji H, Asahara T, Matsumoto K, Takada T, Nomoto K, 2009. Establishment of an analytical system for the human fecal microbiota, based on reverse transcription-quantitative PCR targeting of multicopy rRNA molecules. Appl Environ Microbiol 75: 19611969.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 7.

    Soli KW et al. 2014. Detection of enteric viral and bacterial pathogens associated with paediatric diarrhoea in Goroka, Papua New Guinea. Int J Infect Dis 27: 5458.

  • 8.

    Yamazaki S et al. 2005. Identification of Helicobacter pylori and the cagA genotype in gastric biopsies using highly sensitive real-time PCR as a new diagnostic tool. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 44: 261268.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 9.

    Kotloff KL et al. 2013. Burden and aetiology of diarrhoeal disease in infants and young children in developing countries (the Global Enteric Multicenter Study, GEMS): a prospective, case-control study. Lancet 382: 209222.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 10.

    Marshall JA, Hellard ME, Sinclair MI, Fairley CK, Cox BJ, Catton MG, Kelly H, Wright PJ, 2004. Failure to detect norovirus in a large group of asymptomatic individuals. Public Health 118: 230233.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 11.

    Lozano R et al. 2012. Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet 380: 20952128.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
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    Murray CJ et al. 2012. Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet 380: 21972223.

    • PubMed
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  • 14.

    Gu B et al. 2012. Comparison of the prevalence and changing resistance to nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin of Shigella between Europe-America and Asia-Africa from 1998 to 2009. Int J Antimicrob Agents 40: 917.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 15.

    Howard P et al. 2000. Bacterial, viral and parasitic aetiology of paediatric diarrhoea in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. J Trop Pediatr 46: 1014.

  • 16.

    Greenhill AR, Guwada C, Siba V, Michael A, Yoannes M, Wawarie Y, Ford R, Siba PM, Horwood PF, 2014. Antibiotic resistant Shigella is a major cause of diarrhoea in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. J Infect Dev Ctries 8: 13911397.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 17.

    Benny E et al. 2014. A large outbreak of shigellosis commencing in an internally displaced population, Papua New Guinea, 2013. Western Pac Surveill Response J 5: 1821.

    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
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    Ahmed F, Ansaruzzaman M, Haque E, Rao M, Clemens JD, 2001. Epidemiology of postshigellosis persistent diarrhea in young children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 20: 525530.

  • 19.

    Fischer Walker CL, Perin J, Aryee MJ, Boschi-Pinto C, Black RE, 2012. Diarrhea incidence in low- and middle-income countries in 1990 and 2010: a systematic review. BMC Public Health 12: 220.

    • PubMed
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    • Export Citation
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    WHO/UNICEF, 2014. Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation: 2014 Update. World Health Organization and UNICEF 2014, ISBN 978 92 4 150724 0.

    • PubMed
    • Export Citation
  • 21.

    Horwood PF, Greenhill AR, 2012. Cholera in Papua New Guinea and the importance of safe water sources and sanitation. Western Pac Surveill Response J 3: 35.

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