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ArticleParasites & vectors2019

Development and application of a tri-allelic PCR assay for screening Vgsc-L1014F kdr mutations associated with pyrethroid and organochlorine resistance in the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus.

Walter Fabricio Silva Martins, Bárbara Natieli Silva Pereira, Ana Thayse Vieira Alves, Annabel Murphy, Paulo Geovani Silva Martins, David Weetman, Craig Stephen Wilding, Martin James Donnelly

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Article in Parasites & vectors, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Walter Fabricio Silva MartinsLaboratório de Entomologia Médica e Molecular, Departamento de Biologia, CCBS, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brasil. fabricio.martins@lstmed.ac.uk.
Bárbara Natieli Silva PereiraDepartamento de Genética, CB, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil.
Ana Thayse Vieira AlvesLaboratório de Entomologia Médica e Molecular, Departamento de Biologia, CCBS, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brasil.
Annabel MurphyDepartment of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK.
Paulo Geovani Silva MartinsLaboratório de Interações Insetos-Tóxicos, Departamento de Agronomia e Fitossanidade, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil.
David WeetmanDepartment of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK.
Craig Stephen WildingSchool of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
Martin James DonnellyDepartment of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK.
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine · GBUniversidade Estadual da Paraíba · BRLiverpool John Moores University · GBUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco · BRUniversidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco · BR

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 209305/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCulex quinquefasciatus has a widespread distribution across tropical and sub-tropical regions, and plays an important role in the transmission of vector-borne diseases of public health importance, including lymphatic filariasis (LF) and multiple arboviruses. Increased resistance to insecticides threatens the efficacy and sustainability of insecticide-based anti-vector interventions which mitigate the burden of mosquito transmitted diseases in endemic regions. In C. quinquefasciatus two non-synonymous voltage gated sodium channel (Vgsc) variants, both resulting in a leucine to phenylalanine change at codon 1014, are associated with resistance to pyrethroids and DDT. This tri-allelic variation has compromised the ability to perform high-throughput single-assay screening. To facilitate the detection and monitoring of the Vgsc-1014 locus in field-caught mosquitoes, an Engineered-Tail Allele-Specific-PCR (ETAS-PCR) diagnostic assay was developed and applied to wild mosquitoes from Brazil, Tanzania and Uganda.

resultsThis new cost-effective, single-tube assay was compared to two, well-established, genotyping approaches, pyrosequencing and TaqMan. The ETAS-PCR assay showed high specificity for discriminating the three alleles at Vgsc-L1014F, with genotyping results strongly correlated with pyrosequencing and TaqMan results (98.64% and 100% respectively).

conclusionsOur results support the utility of the ETAS-PCR/Vgsc-1014 diagnostic assay, which stands as an effective alternative for genotyping tri-allelic variants.

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Hydrocarbons, ChlorinatedPolymerase Chain ReactionPyrethrinsAllelesAnimalsBiological AssayCulexFemaleGenotyping TechniquesInsecticide ResistanceInsecticidesMutationUgandaVoltage-Gated Sodium ChannelsHydrocarbons, ChlorinatedInsecticidesPyrethrinsVoltage-Gated Sodium ChannelsAllelic-specific PCRTarget-site mutationsVector-borne diseases

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