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ArticleMalaria journal2020

Polymorphic markers for identification of parasite population in Plasmodium malariae.

Vivek Bhakta Mathema, Supatchara Nakeesathit, Watcharee Pagornrat, Frank Smithuis, Nicholas J White, Arjen M Dondorp, Mallika Imwong

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7 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Vivek Bhakta MathemaDepartment of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
Supatchara NakeesathitMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Watcharee PagornratMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Frank SmithuisMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Nicholas J WhiteMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Arjen M DondorpMahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Mallika ImwongDepartment of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand. mallika.imw@mahidol.ac.th.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0857-1855
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Funding

Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI) RTA6280006Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust Core grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMolecular genotyping in Plasmodium serves many aims including providing tools for studying parasite population genetics and distinguishing recrudescence from reinfection. Microsatellite typing, insertion-deletion (INDEL) and single nucleotide polymorphisms is used for genotyping, but only limited information is available for Plasmodium malariae, an important human malaria species. This study aimed to provide a set of genetic markers to facilitate the study of P. malariae population genetics.

methodsMarkers for microsatellite genotyping and pmmsp1 gene polymorphisms were developed and validated in symptomatic P. malariae field isolates from Myanmar (N = 37). Fragment analysis was used to determine allele sizes at each locus to calculate multiplicity of infections (MOI), linkage disequilibrium, heterozygosity and construct dendrograms. Nucleotide diversity (π), number of haplotypes, and genetic diversity (H

resultsSix microsatellite markers were developed and tested in 37 P. malariae isolates which showed sufficient heterozygosity (0.530-0.922), and absence of linkage disequilibrium (I

conclusionsSix novel microsatellites genotyping markers and a set of pmmsp1 VNTR-based INDEL polymorphisms markers for P. malariae were developed and validated. Each marker could be independently or in combination employed to access genotyping of the parasite. The newly developed markers may serve as a useful tool for investigating parasite diversity, population genetics, molecular epidemiology and for distinguishing recrudescence from reinfection in drug efficacy studies.

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Genetic MarkersMicrosatellite RepeatsPolymorphism, GeneticGene FrequencyGenetic VariationGenotyping TechniquesLinkage DisequilibriumMerozoite Surface Protein 1Plasmodium malariaePolymerase Chain ReactionReproducibility of ResultsGenetic MarkersMerozoite Surface Protein 1GenotypingINDELNucleotide diversityTandem repeats

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