2024
Two decades of molecular surveillance in Senegal reveal rapid changes in known drug resistance mutations over time
Ndiaye Y, Wong W, Thwing J, Schaffner S, Brenneman K, Tine A, Diallo M, Deme A, Sy M, Bei A, Thiaw A, Daniels R, Ndiaye T, Gaye A, Ndiaye I, Toure M, Gadiaga N, Sene A, Sow D, Garba M, Yade M, Dieye B, Diongue K, Zoumarou D, Ndiaye A, Gomis J, Fall F, Ndiop M, Diallo I, Sene D, Macinnis B, Seck M, Ndiaye M, Ngom B, Diedhiou Y, Mbaye A, Ndiaye L, Sy N, Badiane A, Hartl D, Wirth D, Volkman S, Ndiaye D. Two decades of molecular surveillance in Senegal reveal rapid changes in known drug resistance mutations over time. Malaria Journal 2024, 23: 205. PMID: 38982475, PMCID: PMC11234717, DOI: 10.1186/s12936-024-05024-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPfcrt K76TArtemisinin-based combination therapyPfdhps A437GSeasonal malaria chemopreventionK76TDrug resistance mutationsMolecular surveillanceA437GSulfadoxine-pyrimethamineArtesunate-amodiaquineSingle nucleotide polymorphismsDrug resistance markersResistance mutationsEfficacy of artesunate-amodiaquineWithdrawal of chloroquineMalaria control effortsP. falciparum parasitesResistance markersCombination of single nucleotide polymorphismsParasite drug resistanceWhole-genome sequencingAQ resistanceHaplotype-based analysisMalaria chemopreventionCombination therapy
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
2007
Molecular Analysis of Erythrocyte Invasion in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Senegal
Jennings CV, Ahouidi AD, Zilversmit M, Bei AK, Rayner J, Sarr O, Ndir O, Wirth DF, Mboup S, Duraisingh MT. Molecular Analysis of Erythrocyte Invasion in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Senegal. Infection And Immunity 2007, 75: 3531-3538. PMID: 17470537, PMCID: PMC1932937, DOI: 10.1128/iai.00122-07.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasion pathwaysSequence polymorphismsMolecular analysisDistinct invasion pathwaysC-terminal regionMalaria parasitesSpecific sequence variantsGene amplificationHuman malaria parasiteLigand-receptor interactionsExpression polymorphismsRepeat regionProtein expression levelsSequence deletionsHomolog familyMultiple ligand-receptor interactionsLarge sequence deletionsSequence variantsSignificant sequence polymorphismErythrocyte invasionErythrocyte receptorP. falciparum parasitesExpression levelsPfRh1Low transmission areas