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Characterization of Skin Immunity to Aedes Aegypti Saliva in Dengue-endemic Participants in Cambodia

NCT04350905 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2022-04-12

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Summary

Background:

Mosquito-borne viruses like dengue cause major illness and death worldwide, particularly in Southeast Asia. When mosquitoes deliver a virus into the skin of humans, they also leave saliva. Researchers want to learn more about skin immunity to mosquito saliva. They hope this will help with future vaccines and treatments for these diseases.

Objective:

To compare the early and late innate immune response in the skin of Aedes aegypti bitten versus unbitten skin.

Eligibility:

Healthy people ages 18-45 who live within about 15 km of the study site in Chbar Mon

Design:

Participants will have 3 visits.

The baseline/screening visit will include:

Medical and medication history

Questions about participants demographic information, mosquito biting risk factors, and responses to mosquito or other insect bites

Physical exam

Urine sample for some participants

Mosquito feeding. A feeding device will be placed on the participant s arm for up to 20 minutes. The insects will feed through a mesh on the bottom of the feeding device. Participants may be given standard treatments for any skin reactions.

Blood tests

Four skin biopsies taken from bitten and unbitten skin. Local anesthetic will be administered, and a small tool will be used to remove the participant s skin.

Participants will have a second visit the next day. They will have a physical exam and blood tests. They will have 1 skin biopsy.

Participants will have a final visit about 2 weeks later. They will have a physical exam and blood tests.

During the study, participants will be asked to take measures to prevent more mosquito bites.

Conditions

  • Vector Borne Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

Mosquito Feeding

Mosquito feedings will be conducted with Aedes aegypti colonies raised at the CNM (National Malaria Center) Malaria and Vector Research Laboratory (MVRL), an established state of the art insectaries for mosquitoes was built in 2014 to ACL2 (arthropodcontainment level 2)-level specifications.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Jessica E Manning, M.D. · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-27
Primary Completion
2021-04-09
Completion
2021-04-09

Countries

  • Cambodia

Study Locations

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