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http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2012.50.4.379

Prevalence of Drug Resistance-Associated Gene Mutations in Plasmodium vivax in Central China  

Lu, Feng (Department of Medical Environmental Biology and Tropical Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine)
Wang, Bo (Department of Medical Environmental Biology and Tropical Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine)
Cao, Jun (Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Key Laboratory on Technology for Parasitic Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health)
Sattabongkot, Jetsumon (Mahidol Vivax Research Center, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University)
Zhou, Huayun (Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Key Laboratory on Technology for Parasitic Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health)
Zhu, Guoding (Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Key Laboratory on Technology for Parasitic Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health)
Kim, Kwonkee (Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University Cheolwon Gil Hospital)
Gao, Qi (Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Key Laboratory on Technology for Parasitic Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health)
Han, Eun-Taek (Department of Medical Environmental Biology and Tropical Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine)
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases / v.50, no.4, 2012 , pp. 379-384 More about this Journal
Abstract
Resistance of Plasmodium spp. to anti-malarial drugs is the primary obstacle in the fight against malaria, and molecular markers for the drug resistance have been applied as an adjunct in the surveillance of the resistance. In this study, we investigated the prevalence of mutations in pvmdr1, pvcrt-o, pvdhfr, and pvdhps genes in temperate-zone P. vivax parasites from central China. A total of 26 isolates were selected, including 8 which were previously shown to have a lower susceptibility to chloroquine in vitro. For pvmdr1, pvcrt-o, and pvdhps genes, no resistance-conferring mutations were discovered. However, a highly prevalent (69.2%), single-point mutation (S117N) was found in pvdhfr gene. In addition, tandem repeat polymorphisms existed in pvdhfr and pvdhps genes, which warranted further studies in relation to the parasite resistance to antifolate drugs. The study further suggests that P. vivax populations in central China may still be relatively susceptible to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.
Keywords
Plasmodium vivax; drug-resistance; mutation; central China;
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