Competitive facilitation of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites in pregnant women who receive preventive treatment.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
; 106(22): 9027-32, 2009 Jun 02.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19451638
ABSTRACT
Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) is used to prevent Plasmodium falciparum malaria. However, parasites resistant to the IPTp drug sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) have emerged worldwide, and infections with mixed resistant and susceptible parasites are exacerbated by pyrimethamine in mice. In a prospective delivery cohort in Muheza, Tanzania, we examined the effects of SP IPTp on parasite resistance alleles, parasite diversity, level of parasitemia, and inflammation in the placenta. IPTp use was associated with an increased fraction of parasites carrying the resistance allele at DHPS codon 581, an increase in the level of parasitemia, and more intense placental inflammation. The lowest mean level of parasite diversity and highest mean level of parasitemia occurred in women after recent IPTp use. These findings support a model of parasite release and facilitation, whereby the most highly resistant parasites out-compete less fit parasite populations and overgrow under drug pressure. Use of partially effective anti-malarial agents for IPTp may exacerbate malaria infections in the setting of widespread drug resistance.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Plasmodium falciparum
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Pirimetamina
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Sulfadoxina
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Resistência a Medicamentos
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Malária Falciparum
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Complicações Parasitárias na Gravidez
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Antimaláricos
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos