Functional Analysis Reveals Geographical Variation in Inhibitory Immune Responses Against a Polymorphic Malaria Antigen
Bei AK, Ahouidi AD, Dvorin JD, Miura K, Diouf A, Ndiaye D, Premji Z, Diakite M, Mboup S, Long CA, Duraisingh MT. Functional Analysis Reveals Geographical Variation in Inhibitory Immune Responses Against a Polymorphic Malaria Antigen. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2017, 216: 267-275. PMID: 28605544, PMCID: PMC5853457, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix280.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInhibitory immune responsesVaccine candidate antigenImmune responseTransgenic parasite linesMalaria-endemic regionsReticulocyte-binding protein homologuesMalaria vaccine candidateParasite linesWild-type controlsTotal IgGHumoral responseMalaria antigensAntibody responseVaccine candidatesCandidate antigensMalaria endemicityGrowth inhibition assaysInvasion ligandsAntigenic specificityImmunogenic domainsSpecific antibodiesEndemic sitesAntigenStandardized toolsInhibition assaysHigh 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 infections