2023
Tracking antimalarial drug resistance using mosquito blood meals: a cross-sectional study
Ehrlich H, Somé A, Bazié T, Ebou C, Dembélé E, Balma R, Goodwin J, Wade M, Bei A, Ouédraogo J, Foy B, Dabiré R, Parikh S. Tracking antimalarial drug resistance using mosquito blood meals: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Microbe 2023, 4: e461-e469. PMID: 37086737, PMCID: PMC10365133, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00063-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMosquito blood mealsAntimalarial drug resistanceSurvey 3Blood-fed mosquitoesBlood samplesSurvey 1Survey 2Blood mealDrug resistanceUltrasensitive quantitative PCRHuman blood samplesCross-sectional studyMargin of equivalenceStrong surveillance systemCross-sectional surveySupplementary Materials sectionMarker of clonalityPragmatic thresholdAntimalarial resistanceDrug susceptibilityInfectious diseasesPlasmodium falciparumNational InstituteTolerabilityMaterial section
2017
High resolution melting: a useful field-deployable method to measure dhfr and dhps drug resistance in both highly and lowly endemic Plasmodium populations
Ndiaye YD, Diédhiou CK, Bei AK, Dieye B, Mbaye A, Mze NP, Daniels RF, Ndiaye IM, Déme AB, Gaye A, Sy M, Ndiaye T, Badiane AS, Ndiaye M, Premji Z, Wirth DF, Mboup S, Krogstad D, Volkman SK, Ahouidi AD, Ndiaye D. High resolution melting: a useful field-deployable method to measure dhfr and dhps drug resistance in both highly and lowly endemic Plasmodium populations. Malaria Journal 2017, 16: 153. PMID: 28420422, PMCID: PMC5395743, DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-1811-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolDihydropteroate SynthaseDrug ResistanceGenotypeGenotyping TechniquesHumansMalaria, FalciparumMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesPlasmodiumPoint-of-Care SystemsPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthSenegalTanzaniaTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseTransition TemperatureYoung AdultConceptsMalaria endemic sitesDrug resistanceHigh prevalenceUncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malariaPolymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism methodologyAnti-malarial drug usePlasmodium falciparum malariaEndemic sitesEmergence of resistanceMultiplicity of infectionFalciparum malariaFragment length polymorphism methodologyDHFR mutationsBlood samplesMalaria endemicityPCR-RFLP genotypingPCR/RFLPTreatment policyCodon 540Drug usePlasmodium populationsMixed allelesEarly detectionCodons 51Mixed infectionsGenetic relatedness analysis reveals the cotransmission of genetically related Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Thiès, Senegal
Wong W, Griggs AD, Daniels RF, Schaffner SF, Ndiaye D, Bei AK, Deme AB, MacInnis B, Volkman SK, Hartl DL, Neafsey DE, Wirth DF. Genetic relatedness analysis reveals the cotransmission of genetically related Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Thiès, Senegal. Genome Medicine 2017, 9: 5. PMID: 28118860, PMCID: PMC5260019, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-017-0398-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolygenomic infectionsRelatedness of strainsMalaria elimination activitiesPlasmodium falciparum parasitesPublic health interventionsEpidemiology modelFalciparum parasitesHealth interventionsDrug resistanceInfectionParasite populationsConclusionsOur findingsCotransmissionSuperinfection modelElimination activitiesTransmission intensityGenetic relatedness analysisGenetic profileInterventionParasitesMajor contributorPatientsPopulationSuperinfectionThiès
2014
An Adjustable Gas-Mixing Device to Increase Feasibility of In Vitro Culture of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites in the Field
Bei AK, Patel SD, Volkman SK, Ahouidi AD, Ndiaye D, Mboup S, Wirth DF. An Adjustable Gas-Mixing Device to Increase Feasibility of In Vitro Culture of Plasmodium falciparum Parasites in the Field. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e90928. PMID: 24603696, PMCID: PMC3946284, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090928.Peer-Reviewed Original Research