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Differential prevalence of transporter polymorphisms in symptomatic and asymptomatic falciparum malaria infections in Uganda.


ABSTRACT: We explored associations between Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance-mediating polymorphisms and clinical presentations in parasitemic children enrolled in a cross-sectional survey in Tororo, Uganda, using a retrospective case-control design. All 243 febrile children (cases) and 243 randomly selected asymptomatic children (controls) were included. In a multivariate analysis adjusting for age, complexity of infection, and parasite density, the prevalence of wild-type genotypes was significantly higher in febrile children compared to asymptomatic children (pfcrt K76T: odds ratio [OR] 4.41 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.28-15.1]; pfmdr1 N86Y: OR 4.08 [95% CI, 2.01-8.31], and pfmdr1 D1246Y: OR 4.90 [95% CI, 1.52-15.8]), suggesting greater virulence for wild-type parasites.

SUBMITTER: Tukwasibwe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4162000 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differential prevalence of transporter polymorphisms in symptomatic and asymptomatic falciparum malaria infections in Uganda.

Tukwasibwe Stephen S   Mugenyi Levi L   Mbogo George W GW   Nankoberanyi Sheila S   Maiteki-Sebuguzi Catherine C   Joloba Moses L ML   Nsobya Samuel L SL   Staedke Sarah G SG   Rosenthal Philip J PJ  

The Journal of infectious diseases 20140119 1


We explored associations between Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance-mediating polymorphisms and clinical presentations in parasitemic children enrolled in a cross-sectional survey in Tororo, Uganda, using a retrospective case-control design. All 243 febrile children (cases) and 243 randomly selected asymptomatic children (controls) were included. In a multivariate analysis adjusting for age, complexity of infection, and parasite density, the prevalence of wild-type genotypes was significantly  ...[more]

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