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ArticleMalaria journal2018

A novel field-based molecular assay to detect validated artemisinin-resistant k13 mutants.

Laurence Vachot-Ganée, Nimol Khim, Alexandra Iannello, Eric Legrand, Saorin Kim, Rotha Eam, Chanra Khean, Malen Ken, Elizabeth Ashley, Kyaw Myo Tun and 8 more

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Article in Malaria journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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18 authors at 9 institutions in 6 countries.

Laurence Vachot-GanéeMedical Diagnostic Discovery Department (MD3), bioMérieux, Grenoble and Marcy l'Etoile, France.
Nimol KhimMalaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Institute Pasteur in Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Alexandra IannelloMedical Diagnostic Discovery Department (MD3), bioMérieux, Grenoble and Marcy l'Etoile, France.
Eric LegrandGenetics and Genomics of Insect Vectors Unit, Institute Pasteur, Paris, France.
Saorin KimMalaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Institute Pasteur in Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Rotha EamMalaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Institute Pasteur in Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Chanra KheanMalaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Institute Pasteur in Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Malen KenMalaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Institute Pasteur in Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Elizabeth AshleyMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand.
Kyaw Myo TunDepartment of Preventive & Social Medicine, Defence Services Medical Academy, Yangon, Myanmar.
Mehul DhordaMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok, Thailand.
François NostenCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine Research Building, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Oxford, UK.
Issa Mahamat SouleymaneProgramme National de Lutte Contre le Paludisme au Tchad, Ndjamena, Chad.
Sophie BleinMedical Diagnostic Discovery Department (MD3), bioMérieux, Grenoble and Marcy l'Etoile, France.
Alexandre PachotMedical Diagnostic Discovery Department (MD3), bioMérieux, Grenoble and Marcy l'Etoile, France.
Frédéric ArieyInstitute Cochin Inserm U1016, Université Paris-Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
Karine KaiserMedical Diagnostic Discovery Department (MD3), bioMérieux, Grenoble and Marcy l'Etoile, France.
Didier MénardMalaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Institute Pasteur in Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. dmenard@pasteur.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1357-4495
Institut Mérieux (France) · FRInstitut Pasteur du Cambodge · KHMahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit · THBiologie des interactions hôte-parasiteDélégation Paris 5 · FRInstitut Pasteur · FRMahidol University · THMyanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit · MMUniversity of N'Djamena · TD

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGiven the risk of artemisinin resistance spreading from the Greater Mekong sub-region, prospective monitoring in sub-Saharan Africa should be expedited. Molecular biology techniques used for monitoring rely on the detection of k13 validated mutants by using PCR and Sanger sequencing approach, usually not available in malaria endemic areas.

methodsA semi-automated workflow based on the easyMAG

resultsBy using the ARMS (amplification-refractory mutation system) strategy, the best multiplexing options were found in 3 separate real-time PCR duplexes (IC as internal control/I543T, C580Y/Y493H and F446I/R539T) with limits of detection ranging from 50 (C580Y) to 6.25 parasites/µL (Y493H). In field conditions, using 642 clinical DBS (from symptomatic patients and asymptomatic individuals) collected from Cambodia, Myanmar and Africa (Chad), the overall sensitivity and specificity of the K13 bMx prototype assay developed by bioMérieux were ≥ 90%. Areas under the ROC curves were estimated to be > 0.90 for all k13 mutants in samples from symptomatic patients.

conclusionThe K13 ready-to-use bMx prototype assay, considered by the end-users as a user-friendly assay to perform (in shorter time than the K13 reference assay) and easy to interpret, was found to require less budget planning and had fewer logistical constraints. Its excellent performance qualifies the prototype as a reliable screening tool usable in malaria endemic countries recognized to be at risk of emergence or spread of validated k13 mutants. Additional multi-site studies are needed to evaluate the performances of the K13 bMx prototype assay in different epidemiological contexts such as Africa, India, or South America.

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Drug ResistanceArtemisininsCambodiaChadHumansMalaria, FalciparumMutationMyanmarPlasmodium falciparumPopulation SurveillanceProtozoan ProteinsartemisininArtemisininsProtozoan ProteinsArtemisinin resistancek13 mutation detectionMalariaPlasmodium falciparumSurveillance

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PMID29690890
PMCPMC5916714
OpenAlexW2802069295

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