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 infections
2012
SNP Genotyping Identifies New Signatures of Selection in a Deep Sample of West African Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Parasites
Amambua-Ngwa A, Park DJ, Volkman SK, Barnes KG, Bei AK, Lukens AK, Sene P, Van Tyne D, Ndiaye D, Wirth DF, Conway DJ, Neafsey DE, Schaffner SF. SNP Genotyping Identifies New Signatures of Selection in a Deep Sample of West African Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Parasites. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2012, 29: 3249-3253. PMID: 22688945, PMCID: PMC3472499, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-density single nucleotide polymorphism arraysRecent selective sweepLocal selection pressuresSignals of selectionDrug resistance lociSingle nucleotide polymorphism arrayHaplotype-based testsPlasmodium falciparum malaria parasitesSelective sweepsResistance lociGenetic diversityGenomic regionsRecent selectionGenomic analysisSelection signalsPositive selectionSelection pressureFalciparum malaria parasitesPolymorphism arrayAntigenic lociMalaria parasitesMosquito vectorsEndemic populationsLociParasites