Titre
Point mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthetase genes and in vitro susceptibility to pyrimethamine and cycloguanil of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Papua New Guinea
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Auteur(s)
Reeder, J. C.
Auteure/Auteur
Rieckmann, K. H.
Auteure/Auteur
Genton, B.
Auteure/Auteur
Lorry, K.
Auteure/Auteur
Wines, B.
Auteure/Auteur
Cowman, A. F.
Auteure/Auteur
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ISSN
0002-9637
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
1996-08
Volume
55
Numéro
2
Première page
209
Dernière page/numéro d’article
13
Notes
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Aug
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Aug
Résumé
Plasmodium falciparum isolates from 24 Papua New Guinean patients with symptomatic malaria were tested for susceptibility to pyrimethamine and cycloguanil. Thirteen isolates were sensitive to both agents and the remainder exhibited varying degrees of resistance. No isolates were found to be resistant to one agent yet sensitive to the other and a positive correlation suggesting cross-resistance was found. Parasite DNA extracted from the patients' stained blood slides was amplified and sequenced to examine point mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) and dihydropteroate synthetase genes (DHPS) associated with antifolate resistance. All resistant isolates possessed mutations in the DHFR gene at codon 108, the majority changing from Ser to Asn, but one isolate from Ser to Thr, a change not previously reported in field isolates. A second mutation of the DHFR gene at Cys-59 to Arg was present in isolates with higher level resistance, but not exclusively so. Sequencing the DHPS gene, as a predictor of sulfadoxine resistance, revealed only one example that was different from DHPS alleles of sensitive isolates.
Sujets
PID Serval
serval:BIB_52F407C771C6
PMID
Date de création
2008-01-28T10:48:45.939Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T18:28:54Z