Development of a capillary electrophoresis-based heteroduplex tracking assay to measure in-host genetic diversity of initial and recurrent plasmodium vivax infections in cambodia

Matthew B. Givens, Jessica T. Lin*, Chanthap Lon, Panita Gosi, Meng Chuor Char, Charlotte A. Lanteri, David L. Saunders, Jonathan J. Julianoa

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Abstract

A heteroduplex tracking assay used to genotype Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 1 was adapted to a capillary electrophoresis format, obviating the need for radiolabeled probes and allowing its use in settings where malaria is endemic. This new assay achieved good allelic discrimination and detected high multiplicities of infection in 63 P. vivax infections in Cambodia. More than half of the recurrent parasitemias sampled displayed identical or highly related genotypes compared to the initial genotype, suggesting that they represented relapses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)298-301
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume52
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes

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