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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
卷 208, 期 12, 页码 1998-2006出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit392
关键词
Plasmodium falciparum; drug resistance; molecular surveillance; tropical diseases
资金
- NIAID [K08AI100924, 5R01AI089819]
- NIH [T32GM0088719]
Molecular surveillance for drug-resistant malaria parasites requires reliable, timely, and scalable methods. These data may be efficiently produced by genotyping parasite populations using second-generation sequencing (SGS). We designed and validated a SGS protocol to quantify mutant allele frequencies in the Plasmodium falciparum genes dhfr and dhps in mixed isolates. We applied this new protocol to field isolates from children and compared it to standard genotyping using Sanger sequencing. The SGS protocol accurately quantified dhfr and dhps allele frequencies in a mixture of parasite strains. Using SGS of DNA that was extracted and then pooled from individual isolates, we estimated mutant allele frequencies that were closely correlated to those estimated by Sanger sequencing (correlations, >0.98). The SGS protocol obviated most molecular steps in conventional methods and is cost saving for parasite populations >50. This SGS genotyping method efficiently and reproducibly estimates parasite allele frequencies within populations of P. falciparum for molecular epidemiologic studies.
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