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ArticlePloS one2023

Prevalence and distribution of Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein gene duplications in Sudan.

Safaa Ahmed, Kareen Pestana, Anthony Ford, Mohammed Elfaki, Eiman Gamil, Arwa F Elamin, Samuel Omer Hamad, Tarig Mohamed Elfaki, Sumaia Mohamed Ahmed Abukashawa, Eugenia Lo and 1 more

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Safaa AhmedInstitute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.ORCID 0000-0002-6139-7940
Kareen PestanaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States of America.
Anthony FordDepartment of Bioinformatics and Genomics, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, United States of America.
Mohammed ElfakiInstitute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.ORCID 0000-0001-8231-2902
Eiman GamilInstitute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Arwa F ElaminInstitute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Samuel Omer HamadInstitute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Tarig Mohamed ElfakiInstitute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Sumaia Mohamed Ahmed AbukashawaDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Eugenia LoDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-5631-4709
Muzamil M Abdel HamidInstitute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.ORCID 0000-0002-6157-4388
University of Khartoum · SDUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte · US

Funding

Extent, dynamics and mechanisms of Plasmodium vivax immune evasion caused by PvDBP gene amplificationR01AI173171 · NIAID · INSTITUT PASTEUR DU CAMBODGE · PI Eugenia Lo, Jean POPOVICI · 2023 to 2026
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein (PvDBP) is essential for interacting with Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC) on the surface of red blood cells to allow invasion. Earlier whole genome sequence analyses provided evidence for the duplications of PvDBP. It is unclear whether PvDBP duplications play a role in recent increase of P. vivax in Sudan and in Duffy-negative individuals. In this study, the prevalence and type of PvDBP duplications, and its relationship to demographic and clinical features were investigated. A total of 200 malaria-suspected blood samples were collected from health facilities in Khartoum, River Nile, and Al-Obied. Among them, 145 were confirmed to be P. vivax, and 43 (29.7%) had more than one PvDBP copies with up to four copies being detected. Both the Malagasy and Cambodian types of PvDBP duplication were detected. No significant difference was observed between the two types of duplications between Duffy groups. Parasitemia was significantly higher in samples with the Malagasy-type than those without duplications. No significant difference was observed in PvDBP duplication prevalence and copy number among study sites. The functional significance of PvDBP duplications, especially those Malagasy-type that associated with higher parasitemia, merit further investigations.

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Malaria, VivaxPlasmodium vivaxAntigens, ProtozoanDuffy Blood-Group SystemErythrocytesGene DuplicationHumansParasitemiaPrevalenceProtozoan ProteinsSudanAntigens, ProtozoanDuffy Blood-Group SystemProtozoan Proteins

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PMID37471337
PMCPMC10358875
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