Performance of a Commercial Multiplex Allele-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction Kit to Genotype African-Type Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Oum Kelthoum Mamadou Djigo Unité de Recherche “Génomes et Milieux” (Jeune Equipe Associée à l’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Nouakchott, Nouakchott, Mauritania;

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Nicolas Gomez Aix Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Service de Santé des Armées, Vecteurs–Infections Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Marseille, France;
Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire–Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France;
Unité de Parasitologie Entomologie, Département de Microbiologie et Maladies Infectieuses, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Marseille, France

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Mohamed Salem Ould Ahmedou Salem Unité de Recherche “Génomes et Milieux” (Jeune Equipe Associée à l’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Nouakchott, Nouakchott, Mauritania;

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Leonardo Basco Aix Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Service de Santé des Armées, Vecteurs–Infections Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Marseille, France;
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Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary Unité de Recherche “Génomes et Milieux” (Jeune Equipe Associée à l’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Nouakchott, Nouakchott, Mauritania;

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Sébastien Briolant Aix Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Service de Santé des Armées, Vecteurs–Infections Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Marseille, France;
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ABSTRACT.

8-Aminoquinoline antimalarial drugs (primaquine, tafenoquine) are required for complete cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria, but they are contraindicated in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. In the absence of spectrophotometry, which is a gold standard for measuring G6PD activity, G6PD genotyping is one of the alternatives to establish a database and distribution map of G6PD enzyme deficiency in Mauritania, which has become a new epicenter of P. vivax malaria in West Africa. The aim of our study was to assess the performance of multiplex allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (African-type Diaplex C™ G6PD kit) against PCR–restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequencing. Of 146 mutations associated with G6PD A genotypes in 177 blood samples from Mauritanian patients, all but two samples were identified correctly using multiplex allele-specific PCR (100% sensitivity and 99% specificity; “almost perfect agreement” between allele-specific PCR and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism/sequencing, with a kappa coefficient of 0.977). Despite a suboptimal PCR protocol for dried blood spots and the inability of the commercial assay to predict unequivocally the G6PD enzyme level in heterozygous females, the African-type Diaplex C™ G6PD genotyping kit seemed to be a valuable screening tool for male subjects and for research purposes in resource-limited countries where spectrophotometer and DNA sequencing are not available.

Author Notes

Address correspondence to Leonardo Basco, Aile Recherche, Bureau 206, UPE-IRBA-SSA, IHU–Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France. E-mail: lkbasco@yahoo.fr

Financial support: This research was funded by Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) (grant Jeune Equipe Associée à l’IRD) and the Direction Générale de l’Armement (grant no. PDH-2-NRBC-2-B-2113). O. K. M. D. received a PhD grant from the French government.

Disclosure: The funding sources of this study had no role in study and protocol design, data collection, analysis, or data interpretation.

Disclaimer: The opinions and views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy, views, or position of the Direction Générale de l’Armement, French Army Institute of Biomedical Research, French Service de Santé des Armées, Aix-Marseille University. The testing of the commercial products mentioned in this publication does not imply endorsement by the French government institutions or semi-private institutions.

Authors’ addresses: Oum Kelthoum Mamadou Djigo, Mohamed Salem Ould Ahmedou Salem, and Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary, Unité de Recherche “Génomes et Milieux” (Jeune Equipe Associée à l’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Nouakchott, Nouakchott, Mauritania, E-mails: mari1702@live.fr, salem0606@yahoo.fr, and alimedsalem@gmail.com. Nicolas Gomez and Sébastien Briolant, Aix Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Service de Santé des Armées, Vecteurs–Infections Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Marseille, France, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire–Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France, and Unité de Parasitologie Entomologie, Département de Microbiologie et Maladies Infectieuses, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Marseille, France, E-mails: nico13dna@hotmail.com and sbriolant@wanadoo.fr. Leonardo Basco, Aix Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Service de Santé des Armées, Vecteurs–Infections Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Marseille, France, and Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire–Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France, E-mail: lkbasco@yahoo.fr.

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