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dc.creatorPacheco, MA
dc.creatorSchneider, KA
dc.creatorCheng, Q
dc.creatorMunde, EO
dc.creatorNdege, C
dc.creatorOnyango, C
dc.creatorRaballah, E
dc.creatorAnyona, SB
dc.creatorOuma, C
dc.creatorPerkins, DJ
dc.creatorEscalante, AA
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-10T15:18:32Z
dc.date.available2020-12-10T15:18:32Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-01
dc.identifier.issn1475-2875
dc.identifier.issn1475-2875
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/4213
dc.identifier.other33092587 (pubmed)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/4231
dc.description.abstract© 2020, The Author(s). Background: Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is the only anti-malarial drug formulation approved for intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp). However, mutations in the Plasmodium falciparum dhfr (Pfdhfr) and dhps (Pfdhps) genes confer resistance to pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine, respectively. Here, the frequencies of SP resistance-associated mutations from 2005 to 2018 were compared in samples from Kenyan children with malaria residing in a holoendemic transmission region. Methods: Partial sequences of the Pfdhfr and Pfdhps genes were amplified and sequenced from samples collected in 2005 (n = 81), 2010 (n = 95), 2017 (n = 43), and 2018 (n = 55). The frequency of known mutations conferring resistance to pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine were estimated and compared. Since artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is the current first-line treatment for malaria, the presence of mutations in the propeller domain of P. falciparum kelch13 gene (Pfk13) linked to ACT-delayed parasite clearance was studied in the 2017/18 samples. Results: Among other changes, the point mutation of Pfdhps S436H increased in frequency from undetectable in 2005 to 28% in 2017/18. Triple Pfdhfr mutant allele (CIRNI) increased in frequency from 84% in 2005 to 95% in 2017/18, while the frequency of Pfdhfr double mutant alleles declined (allele CICNI from 29% in 2005 to 6% in 2017/18, and CNRNI from 9% in 2005 to undetectable in 2010 and 2017/18). Thus, a multilocus Pfdhfr/Pfdhps genotype with six mutations (HGEAA/CIRNI), including Pfdhps S436H, increased in frequency from 2010 to 2017/18. Although none of the mutations associated with ACT-delayed parasite clearance was observed, the Pfk13 mutation A578S, the most widespread Pfk13 SNP found in Africa, was detected in low frequency (2.04%). Conclusions: There were changes in SP resistance mutant allele frequencies, including an increase in the Pfdhps S436H. Although these patterns seem consistent with directional selection due to drug pressure, there is a lack of information to determine the actual cause of such changes. These results suggest incorporating molecular surveillance of Pfdhfr/Pfdhps mutations in the context of SP efficacy studies for intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp).
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dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.haspartMalaria Journal
dc.relation.isreferencedbySpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.rightsCC BY
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectDhfr
dc.subjectDhps
dc.subjectDrug resistance genes
dc.subjectPlasmodium falciparum
dc.subjectSP resistance
dc.subjectk13 gene
dc.titleChanges in the frequencies of Plasmodium falciparum dhps and dhfr drug-resistant mutations in children from Western Kenya from 2005 to 2018: the rise of Pfdhps S436H
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.genreJournal Article
dc.relation.doi10.1186/s12936-020-03454-8
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dc.date.updated2020-12-10T15:18:15Z
refterms.dateFOA2020-12-10T15:18:33Z


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