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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 58(3), 1998, pp. 374-377
Copyright © 1998 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 58, Issue 3, 374-377
Copyright © 1998 by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Molecular epidemiology of malaria in Yaounde, Cameroon II. Baseline frequency of point mutations in the dihydropteroate synthase gene of Plasmodium falciparum

LK Basco and P Ringwald

Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine is one of the alternative antimalarial drugs used to treat chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria. The molecular target of sulfadoxine, an analog of p-aminobenzoic acid that inhibits the folate biosynthetic pathway, is dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS). The nucleotide sequence of the DHPS gene was determined in 32 clinical isolates obtained in Yaounde, Cameroon, and compared with the sequence of reference clones and Cambodian strains of P. falciparum. Of the 32 Cameroonian isolates, 31 displayed one of the sulfadoxine-sensitive mutation patterns: Ala-436/Ala-437/Ala-581/Ala-613 (n = 20), Ser-436/Gly-437/Ala-581/Ala-613 (n = 6), Ser-436/Ala-437/Ala-581/Ala-613 (n = 4), and Ala-436/Gly-437/Ala-581/Ala-613 (n = 1). One isolate had a sulfadoxine-resistant profile characterized by a double mutation: Phe-436/Ala-437/Ala-581/Ser-613. Although the majority of the isolates had a sulfadoxine-sensitive genetic profile, further studies are needed to correlate the mutation patterns and in vitro and in vivo sulfadoxine sensitivity.


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