Evidence that recurrent Plasmodium falciparum infection is caused by recrudescence of resistant parasites

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_F8A29B3E84CD
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Evidence that recurrent Plasmodium falciparum infection is caused by recrudescence of resistant parasites
Périodique
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiène
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Al-Yaman  F., Genton  B., Reeder  J. C., Anders  R. F., Alpers  M. P.
ISSN
0002-9637 (Print)
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
04/1997
Volume
56
Numéro
4
Pages
436-9
Notes
Journal Article --- Old month value: Apr
Résumé
Isolates of Plasmodium falciparum obtained from 12 children attending different health facilities in the Madang Province, Papua New Guinea were typed for allelic variants of merozoite surface protein-1 and merozoite surface protein-2. Blood was obtained just before treatment with either amodiaquine or chloroquine and at intervals following treatment. All patients examined were found to be infected with genetically different parasites. Nine of the children were found to have single infections while three had mixed infections. In all patients, parasites reappearing in the blood following treatment had the same genotype as parasites in the primary infection. These results indicate that parasites reappearing in the blood following treatment were the result of true recrudescence and not new infections.
Mots-clé
Alleles Animals *Antigens, Protozoan Child Child, Preschool Drug Resistance/genetics Female Gene Frequency Genotype Humans Malaria, Falciparum/*parasitology Male Merozoite Surface Protein 1 Plasmodium falciparum/classification/*drug effects/genetics Protein Precursors/genetics Protozoan Proteins/genetics Recurrence Variation (Genetics)
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Web of science
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28/01/2008 11:49
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